If you watch Saturday Night Live, you know about "Debbie the Downer." She's the Queen of ego deflation, dream crushing, and all aroud "Down-ness." You may have a friend like that - never seems to let anyone around them be happy, or dream big. Heck - you may even BE a friend like that.

Of course, I'd like to say that I'm never like that - that I always see the positive, and that I never let the "yeah, BUT" get me down. But I can't. I do fall victim to my big "BUT" occasionally, and usually with very dissatisfying and negative-spiraling results.

Two months ago, if you had talked to me about the Laws of Attraction, I might have nodded, and thought, "uh-huh. Right..."

These days, my perspective has changed. For the better.

I guess it's a principle that has been evidenced my whole life. Common tenets: The more you do, the more there is to do; the more you learn, the more you realize how little you know; the more ideas you have, the more creativity leads you to have bigger, greater, and more creative ideas! The more energy you expend (especially with exercise), the more energy you have. And on and on. So good or bad, the law of attraction states that what you put forth to the world will come back at you in a big way - like a boomerang with a GPS device attached.

I'm a believer.

I absolutely love thinking big, dreaming about possibilities, and seeing potential greatness in the smallest things. And I'd love to say that I'm a big picture kind of girl - eye on the prize, and all that.... But, all too often, I get caught up in the "yeah, buts...." I admit it. I'm working on it. I get it.

I'll have a great idea, and thoroughly enjoy exploring it, researching it, and dreaming about it becoming reality. When I'm on that "edge of possibility" and thinking of all the great things that something could lead to, all is well with the world. And then my big "BUT" gets in the way, and deflates my dream, and jerks me right back to reality.

My favorite (formerly used) self-defeating big 'ole BUTS: