Attitude
As the saying goes, you cannot control everything that happens to you but you can control your attitude towards them.
Early this month (1 August to be exact), I was very mopey due to some work issues. I ranted and raved to the Sunflower. She got triple dose of my mopeyness coz the bestie was away.
But the Sunflower as always, is a huge dose of sunshine and chirpiness. She is inspiring!
In the afternoon, I flopped in the mail room. 2 other nice colleagues were there and they were not in high spirits either. So we all moped together.
And then it suddenly hit me. We are fuelling each other's negativity and the mopeyness feels oppressive.
So that night I made a decision. When I feel like shit at work, I need to smile and then go do something nice for a colleague who is looking or feeling down.
Took me a week to really get the smile muscles working correctly when I really want to just flop at my desk and sulk.
1 week later, when I left the office to catch a breather and get lunch, I remember these buns a colleague said she loves. Said colleague is normally swamped at work. So I bought a serve of the buns, breeze past her desk, dropped them off and grinned.
Those buns ended up being her lunch and she was looking pretty happy :)
And as always, chocolates do wonderful and amazing things.
A week later, early in the morning, I greeted colleague S chirpily. She greeted me with a smile but she looked really tired and not chirpy and she admitted she's really tired. I caught myself to not start "I'm tired too blah blah", instead I grinned at her and ask,"do u like chocolates?"
S: of coz I like chocolates *puzzled look*
Me: *overly bright grin* what flavours? Filling? Yes? No?
S: Do u have chocolates?
So I merrily skipped back to my desk, and let her choose one from my stash and another for colleague J.
That seemed to perk her up a bit :)
Last week. By 3 in the afternoon, you could feel the morbidity in the air. *shudders*
I skipped into the mail room finding 3 nice colleagues sullen as you get. I retraced my steps, grabbed a pack of chocolates and skipped back into the mail room. I shoved the chocolates under J's face coz she was looking down at some work.
Her face was one of surprise, then a big smile at me as she picked one. Same with D and AC. And then a stopover at S.
Most amused at AC calling out as I turned to walked away,"you make life bearable!"
S going,"OMG, I needed those!"
Note: I only do this with certain colleagues who have been very nice to me :p
So 3 weeks on, I find it much much easier to walk with a skip in my steps and just grin and bear it when things feel a bit topsy turvy.
Feels good and it helps when I turn my attitude around and try to cheer up someone else instead :)
Sm:)e
I aim to be one of those people who leaves a positive note on the people I encounter :)
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