Share something positive.

[lightningandsnow]

With all the negativity in this world, and on this board, we could all use it.

I'll start. A few days ago, I was getting on a city bus. When I was about to pay my fare, the driver told me to keep my ticket.

My cousin stayed on the phone with me until 1:30 in the morning last week because I was having a rough time.

There is still kindness in this world. It's not all bad.

[Nikki Stone1]

1. No.

.

[Pirate Smile]

2. LOL. Yet you couldn't just avoid the thread.

"You're not the boss of me" comes to mind.

:D

[Nikki Stone1]

19. No.

Just thought I'd make a joke. :D

And you just couldn't resist responding to it.

My work here is done. :)

[Pholus]

3. I love watching my kids smile

[saltpoint]

4. I could read a dozen posts on DU by adsos letter and never get tired of

them.

[emilyg]

7. Same here.

[saltpoint]

9. Hi, emilyg.

:thumbsup: :hi:

[Adsos Letter]

46. I only find 'em...but I am gratified that people enjoy them...

a nice break from the general sturm und drang of politics; plus, those items always remind me of a broader, deeper existence.

:hi:

[saltpoint]

52. Yer durn tootin'. They're some of the very best posts on the

internet tubes, Adsos Letter.

Ya gotcha some fans out here.

:toast:

[OneGrassRoot]

67. Thanks to you guys, I just discovered this DU gift....

I shall be following Adsos Letter now, too!

:hi:

[saltpoint]

70. -- --

:thumbsup: :hi:

[dave29]

5. my niece and nephew

adorable little kids.

[Newsjock]

6. 3 - (-5)

You're welcome.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. Here's something positive: We are shaking off the monstrous effects of

Republican evil ideology, and trying to fix the damage they have done to our country over decades.

[Danger Mouse]

10. I'm happy to have my family, even if it is crazy, and I am happy in my work...

even if it doesn't pay well.
I'm grateful for my friends, in 'real life' and on DU.
I think you're a pretty awesome person yourself.

[bluestateguy]

11. A year ago at this time we were on the edge of Great Depression II

Now, thanks to the leadership of this president, he saved us from that fate. Two years from now this economy will be humming along quite nicely (and yes there will be jobs).

[live love laugh]

39. A year ago George Bush was pretzeldent. Thank God his reign of terror is ovah. nt

[asdjrocky]

12. I became a Socialist today.

It's a good day for me.

[Lilith Velkor]

64. Welcome to the club!

Don't look now, but we might have to save capitalism from itself...again. x(

[debbierlus]

13. My dog Sadie is sleeping with her snout under my arm, as I type this..,

:)

[laughingliberal]

16. Adorable! nt

[debbierlus]

22. Isn't she ridiculously cute? Here is a pic of her sister who is sleeping at my feet

[laughingliberal]

27. They couldn't be any cuter!! Thanks for sharing those nt

[OneGrassRoot]

66. +1 :) n/t

[DesertFlower]

26. oh. look at that baby. she's so cute.

[iris27]

33. Aww...I love Eskies! Your Sadie looks very, very much like my

mom's Lady.

[debbierlus]

62. Eskies RULE!

[Canuckistanian]

14. I got a job

Been unemployed most of this year. And a nice gub'mint job, too.

[laughingliberal]

18. Congratulations!

:bounce:

[Canuckistanian]

36. Thanks

I don't start for another month, but it's there.

[patrice]

15. Today, three "ladies who lunch" fell in love with the lady residents of our long-term care home

and committed their Red Hat group to come and socialize with our ladies once a month. We are a low-end of the market, Medicare - Medicaid long-term care home.

Today the Red Hat ladies sang Christmas caroles with us and our ladies. Our chaplain told everyone the story of each carole. There was an ASL interpreter for our deaf residents, one of whom was absoutely transported by the carolling; she glowed and smiled so sweetly even though she couldn't hear us singing. Afterward the Red Hat ladies said they would come back once a month to play bunko and do crafts or watch movies with our lady residents.

I'm very happy about this, because, though we take extremely good care of our residents (have won 3 state-wide awards for quality of care), socializing them is sooooooooo very important and also very hard to get.

Merry Christmas to the Red Hat Society!

[NanceGreggs]

37. Today, someone posted a wonderful story ...

... on a message board. And I got to read it, and share it - and take joy in it.

Thanks :hi:

[patrice]

53. You're welcome, Nance, Merry Christmas!

:hug:

[NanceGreggs]

63. And a Merry Christmas ...

... to you and yours!

[nemo137]

17. The semester's almost over.

That's a bit of good news right there.

[proteus_lives]

20. I got a break on some change tonight.

I was buying some pop at a store and the change was 4.70 and the cashier handed me back a fiver and said "There was an extra 30 cents in the till so it evens out."

It was a nice little thing on a cold night.

[G_j]

21. this thread

& believe it or not, love is everywhere.

[dysfunctional press]

23. i'm positive that joe lieberman is a piece of shit.

btw- did you become become an accessory in the bus driver's theft of services scheme? or wait...was he the accessory? or were you co-conspirators?

[Electric Monk]

24. I quit smoking a year and a half ago, and I feel much better physically.

I highly suggest it as a positive lifestyle change. It was my 5th serious attempt to quit, and I finally got it right this time. Don't quit quitting. Nicorette gum helped me a lot, and I eventually even quit that too. I haven't had a single piece of Nicorette in weeks.

[Gregorian]

43. Yay! That's awesome.

I'll always remember the years of quitting. It must have been 30 years ago.

To health!

[Electric Monk]

51. "The years of quitting" Yep, you've been there. That's totally it in a nutshell.

I've quit, yeah I've quit, but damnit I want some more.

Yes I've quit. Yes that's what I said.

Rinse and repeat.

[silverweb]

25. Every day, I share the world with kind people.

Every day, I'm reminded that most people are decent and fair minded, restricted only by their fears.

Every day, I'm reminded that "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world."

The older I get, the more likely I am to laugh at trivialities that once would have bothered me. It's liberating!

[DesertFlower]

28. i have a great husband. we've

been together for 39 years.

[Hekate]

29. My sis just arrived for a one-day and two-night visit. This is great--she lives on the other coast

... so we don't get to see each other all that often. She's coming along on her husband's business trip to see me. :-D

Hekate

[lonestarnot]

30. There is less crap in my hat this year than last.

[Hekate]

31. My daughter is about to give birth to a daughter, her second child and my second grandchild

:toast:

[inna]

32. i wish i could rec this thread at least 10 times!....

looking forward to being able to share something positive right now.

:(

[Hekate]

34. ~*~

:hug:

[madville]

35. Just got back from a date with a friend

We've dated on and off in the past, always come back together for a bit when we're both single, have a good time together. Been averaging $2,000 more a month take home than normal, working a good contract until next October at least. Refinanced the house where I only owe $79,000 now, payment is $435 a month, can't beat that. My son is making good grades and staying out of trouble. I just finished another degree I had been picking at for awhile. Nobody in my family is unemployed except for my half-sister's husband, but that's been his choice, won't do non-union work.

Stuff can go downhill quick though, enjoying the current good times while they're still around, good luck to everyone else.

[kitkat65]

38. My prototype does what I hoped it would do.

Which is nice because I've been questioning and doubting what I do lately.

[Broken_Hero]

40. About two/three weeks ago

My wife and I were trying to figure out how to get a new roof put on my father/mother inlaws house. We figured we could get all the supplies on a project card, but the main issue was labor. We figured that we could do it all by ourselves(basically kill ourselves), and out of the blue three other relatives offered to help, and we got the roof done without incident in only three days.

It amazes me when people offer to help others, without asking for them to do so, or when the people don't even demand compensation. The only negative aspect of doing the roof was, I now know what it feels like to carry 58 bundles of shingles up a ladder.

[Gregorian]

41. I almost have a place to live.

It's not what you think. Not a survival story. After 2 years of living without electricity in an rv trailer my garage is finally going to be built. And I'll live in it until the house is done.

Also, kittens. :) I don't have kittens. It's just something nice to think about.

[Electric Monk]

50. Do you want kittens?

/Boycott war.

//they're a lot of work

[A-Schwarzenegger]

42. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=624815&mesg_id=624815

[Contrary1]

44. Some generous person dropped a South African krugerrand into a Salvation Army kettle

here in Indiana last week. It's worth about $1,200. :)

[cherokeeprogressive]

45. On New Years Eve in 2002 I proposed to my wife on a Windjammer cruise.

I told the Activities Director of my intention, and on the last night out, on our way back to St. Thomas, USVI, we were at dinner. The Captain came on the public address system and asked all passengers not currently at dinner to gather in the dining room, as one of the guests had an announcement. Sandi was soooo anxious to find out what was about to happen that she was giggling like a schoolgirl. She had no idea I was the guest the Captain was talking about. With all the guests and crew there must have been about 150 people crowded in the dining room. It was pretty much my best New Years Eve ever.

I pulled her from behind the table, and dragged her to the center of the room. I took this TOTALLY gawdy costume jewelry ring out of my pocket (I left the real ring at home so as not to have it stolen), introduced her, got down on one knee, then proposed.

We got married this last November 10th. Finally.

I understand now that Windjammer is out of business, s/v Legacy lays in disrepair in Curacao. :-(

[Adsos Letter]

47. How about some flowers?

My latest shots of our final porch-garden flowers of the season, before the freeze killed 'em. The ant refused, upon questioning, to reveal his identity...or to sign a release form. :D

[intheflow]

48. I'm grateful for my dog and for learning how I inspired another DUer through

a tough time. I really needed to hear I had inspired someone--and it turns out, the person I inspired was the same person inspired me through a tough time! :) We've never met IRL but I consider him a very dear friend now.

[Lucian]

49. I'm still alive...

if that's positive...

[SidDithers]

54. An Helium ion...

:evilgrin:

Sid

[WilliamPitt]

55. The Earth has not crashed into the sun

Yet.

[BuelahWitch]

56. My cat puked on a newspaper last night instead of the living room carpet

[Cetacea]

57. I've decided to move to Europe!

Good thread.;-)

[BlueIris]

58. After a lengthy and embarrassing run-in with a city parking official yesterday,

he let me go, no citation.

[guitar man]

59. My little girl got to visit Santa

And it didn't cost me an arm and a leg for the pics this year! :)

she sure was happy to see him :D

[DainBramaged]

60. The ExLax worked

[Solly Mack]

61. I'm getting a puppy

a mini dachshund

[Lilith Velkor]

65. aww

I have a full-size wiener dog. They are the perfect balance between dogs and cats - not as standoffish as kitties, and not as needy as most dogs.

[OneGrassRoot]

68. This whole thread.....

It's full of plenty of things to make one's heart smile.

:hi:

:grouphug:

[SallyMander]

69. I just got a research grant

from National Geographic! :bounce:

Thanks for the thread, las :hi: