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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 1084990" data-attributes="member: 1427">Overall, things are pretty great!My divorce has been final for about four months now. I'm all seetled in to a new apartment (this one with two bedrooms, my daughter has her own room when she's here!).I just got a bonus for my work on a 15-month team project at work. It ended over three months ago, so I had assumed there would only be the heartfelt thanks of the company officers. The cool part is that, since it's a bonus, my ex doesn't get 80% of it!My daughter has been having a great summer and is looking forward to middle school in a few days. I am deeply gratified at how crestfallen she is every time I tell her it's time to go back to her other home across town.I'm in good health and reasonable shape for a guy my age. I have recently gotten a cable internet connection. I am the Captain of my destiny.Sure, things could be better. Though I'm back in my old department I'm working on unrelated projects, so I feel a little disconnected. My mom has begun refusing to take her meds at the nursing home. It would be nice if I wasn't quite so shy.But, when I look at what's important to me in life (the love of my daughter, the companionship of my friends, to love and be loved by a special woman, good health and to laugh and enjoy life), there's only one thing that would substantially increase my happiness. I've almost got it all! How cool is that?I know it sounds hokey, but attitude really does make a difference. After I dropped out of college, I decided to change who I was. I decided to improve myself by taking after what I admired in my friends. That's when I realized that the friends I ALWAYS looked forward to seeing were positive people, and the ones I sometimes tended to avoid were often negative. I decided to experiment in trying to look at things in a positive way, give myself positive messages, and it worked. I became a much more positive person. Happiness isn't a result, it's a choice. A choice we all have open to us.In the end, I've finally reached a point in life where I'm not spending a lot of time worrying about things I can't change. I'm living the truism that the best way to change the world is to change my attitude. Overall, I really like where I am right now and I'm very much looking forward to the future.Have a better one.-Dave</blockquote>

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