WELCOME TO MY FIRST POST

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and my hope is that the new year will bring hope and promise to everyone. Part of ending the year, I came to the realization that I have been very negative. I have been reading some very good little self-help books, i.e., "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, and have started on "The Secret". I have felt instantly better, and much more "up" than I have in months since applying some of these principles to my way of thinking. Basically, like things attract like things. If you are negative and gloomy, well, misery loves company. Thinking more positively has helped me immensely to network and in the way people react to you. Even if you are not a whiner, when you are being postive and up, people just respond to that kind of person better. You don't have to act like a cheerleader or something, just by being positive, it really gives off and catches the good vibes. My artwork has taken off too. I have been actually getting some projects going that have been sitting for a long time. So, Happy New Year everyone. I hope you like my picture of 4 of my critters. From left to right, Bruiser, Trixi, Itty-Bitty and Bean, aka Wilbur, my little mischief maker.