It's 2017...What's your new start?

Can you believe it... 2016 is closed out and we are entering 2017.  To some you are sighing a huge sigh of relief that the year is over and some of you are mourning the end of '16.  I, for one, am in the middle of that spectrum. I had a great year with family, success in my real estate business and much more but struggled with some health issues. Let's just say I am a cancer survivor now but with one less ear.  Yup, you read that correctly. I am the official one-ear'd Realtor. The cancer was inside of my ear so unfortunately they had to remove 2/3 of my left ear leaving me deaf on that side. Sometimes, life just kind of sucks and we gotta make the best of it.

So, with that in mind I am going to give you "12 Characteristics of Tough Minded Optimists."

1. Optimists are seldom surprised by trouble

2. Optimists look for partial solutions

3. Optimists believe they have control over their future

4. Optimists allow for regular renewal

5. Optimists interrupt their negative train of thoughts

6. Optimists heighten their powers of appreciation

7. Optimists use their imaginations to rehears success

8. Optimists are cheerful even when they can't be happy

9. Optimists believe they have an almost unlimited capacity for stretching

10. Optimists build lots of love into their lives

11. Optimists like to swap good news

12. Optimists accept what they cannot change. 

What's your favorite? Mine is #8 and #12. Nobody says we have to be happy all the time but despite our circumstance we can be cheerful. We can use manners, be polite, give compliments, wish someone a good day and we don't have to drag others down that are around us. Number 12 is basically the serenity prayer which we've all seen and heard.

Summerville, SC drivers need some serenity prayers...

As we all enter into another phase, another year, another transition let's all celebrate that change and be a tough-minded optimist.

Happy New Years,

-Jason

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