Positive Talking

Met with a few friends today and they gave me a couple wonderful compliments that made me feel so good. Buoyed me up for the rest of the day. Made me think about what little things we can do for people around us. Doesn’t cost anything, doesn’t take much but a few words to give someone a lift. I’ve noticed that it doesn’t matter what you think of someone in your head, you can love them, think them smart or pretty or special in some special way but they can’t read your mind and don’t know what you’re thinking. Most people are so stuck in their own heads that the reality of life truly escapes them. They don’t know how others think of them and most of us tend to think others view us negatively.

I’d always thought a favorite relative knew that I viewed them as smart and cool and special to me but when I actually told them that they were shocked. Happily shocked. I started telling friends and family and the occasional store clerk positive things that came to my head which cost me nothing. Took a little practice to pry it out but I’m getting good at it. Just telling someone that they had a good idea, or looked nice today, or you like their viewpoint. Easy to do but not typical in this day and age.

I grew up with people who could only give negativity. That was probably all they received all their lives. That was and continues to be all they know how to do. Now I can see it and know where it is coming from and feel sorry for them. Oddly enough I have a hard time offering anything positive to them. Not exactly well received either. We’re working on it. Life is always a work in progress. Pity it is so darned short.

Waffles

Like Donkey in the Shrek movies I love waffles. Since being diagnosed with a gluten allergy I haven't been able to eat many waffles. I used to make them at least one weekend day every week. Then I would spend the rest of the day feeling sleepy and gross. Recently I have been given a couple different kinds of wheat free waffle mix. The first one from Trader Joes was good but thin. The batter was so thin it tended to run over the sides of the waffle maker and all over the counter with just a small amount. The waffles themselves tasted good but were also thin which did make them crunchy yummy but just not quite right.
I tried the other mix I was given today and I'm in love. It is made by Bisquick with a great big Gluten Free on the box. I followed instructions using whole milk. Worried about the taste of the batter tho the thickness of it was very promising. Cooked it up and used my favorite margarine and syrup, bliss. It was so perfect I wanted to cry. Thick and crunchy and delicious and just like the ones I used to eat. I'm in love. Many many kudos to a company who is serving a niche market that gets more and more mainstream every day.