Infectious

It’s Nora’s fault.She had a virus…fever and stomach flu. Nicole, Junior and Madison got it. Linda got it. Erica got it. And I ended up with it as well.How did we all get it? Sick or not, I love my granddaughter and couldn’t stay away from her. We were around her, and each other, and we passed it on through the family. Viruses are like that. They move from one person to another and you don’t even know it is happening.A lot of things in life are communicable. Attitudes, good and bad, are quickly passed from one person to another. Gossip breeds gossip, anger incites anger, envy creates more envy.On the other hand, love engenders love, excitement ignites excitement, peace produces peace.Where are your attitudes coming from? Who is rubbing off on you?More importantly, what attitudes are you passing on? How are you infecting your workplace, family or neighborhood?The truth is, we are all communicable. We are impacted by others and in turn, we impact others. By being intentional about where our influences are coming from, we can better control our own attitudes and values. And when we understand how our way of thinking is contagious (not altogether different from the flu), we can choose the kinds of attitudes and values we pass on to others.You can’t help it that you infect others. It wasn’t really Nora's fault that I got sick. But unlike passing on a virus, you can choose what you infect others with. You can influence your world for good or for bad. Which will it be?