i just wanna be a postive dude

"i just wanna be a positive dude."

most days i wake up and this is what i say to myself. all i wanna do today is be a positive dude. if i can make it through the whole day just simply being a positive dude, then it's a good day and a good day is good enough for me.

and every night before i go to sleep, i think to myself, ok... tomorrow i'm gonna be a positive dude. tomorrow's gonna be a good one. i'm gonna take the fuck ups and mishaps of today, reflect on them, and then turn all that shit around tomorrow.

i know this doesn't sound very ambitious... but honestly, when i think about life and what i'm doing with it... i just think that if i get through the whole ride of life being a positive dude, then it'll be a good ride. i don't wanna spoil the ride with a negative attitude or a shitty outlook on life. and i don't wanna treat others shitty cuz then all of the sudden i've got no one to share the experience of the ride with. the ride's only gonna be more fun if i'm getting along with the people who happen to be on the ride with me.

it sounds simple, but that's where its simplicity ends. this world is a motherfucker. and there's a lot of assholes in it and i find myself constantly allowing others to drag my mood down. and yes, that's all my fault, i own that. i can't think life's gonna be a peach with no resistance to my 'positive dude plan.'

cuz the way i see it, you kinda gotta be tough to be a positive dude. you gotta be able to take the crap that life hands you sometimes and deal with it and somehow not let it turn you into a negative prick.

and the potential to be a negative prick is there and it's screaming and it gets louder every time something we encounter pisses us off. reacting to shit negatively is easy... so easy that you gotta be smart and tough to overcome that easy option, to take the high road and remain a positive dude.

i give it up to all the positive dudes out there. that's a hard routine to stick to. but ya'll also happen to be the most awesome of people. who doesn't love a positive dude? (rhetorical question, anyone who doesn't like a positive dude is drowning in negativity). they're the best to be around!

and when i think about that, it starts to feel infectious. like hell yea i wanna be a positive dude too. i also wanna be awesome to be around. cuz if you're awesome to be around, maybe that'll inspire someone else to be positive.

i think we're mostly products of our environment. but i think you get a say in how much positive energy exists in your immediate environment. if you're not happy with the level of positive energy around you, do something to increase it.

and if you start to become a positive dude, and those around you start to become positive dudes as well... soon the world is populated with positive dudes and that could possibly have some awesome results.



ps- i know i typed dude a lot in this post. when i say dude, i mean dudes AND chicks. this isn't some kinda sexist nonsense... everyone can get in on this.