What Is Front Porch Attitude?
What is front porch attitude? Well, it's not an easy thing to
explain, but I'll see if I can try to explain it by telling you
a story.
Before my wife and I moved from Texas to Oregon, we owned a
beautiful house that was built in the early 1900s. As was common
in those early days, our house had a large L-shaped font porch.
The sides of this porch came up about 3 feet and it had
screening up to the roof. It had beautiful banisters and it was
totally enclosed.
During the evening, my wife would work at the local Waldenbooks
until 10 p.m., and I would stay at home with our four year old
daughter, Jessica. Most nights, Jessica and I would sit out on
that front porch in my large rocking chair waiting for her mom
to come home as I rocked her to sleep. The chirping of the
crickets and the croaking of the frogs was usually relaxing
enough to help Jessica fall asleep before Mom ever got home.
However, on quite a few occasions, we would get to experience a
good old Texas thunderstorm as we rocked away the hours till mom
came home. Now, if you have ever experienced a Texas
thunderstorm, you'll know what I'm talking about when I say they
WERE an experience. Lots of thunder! Lots of lightning! Lots of
rain! Lots of wind! Basically, not something you would normally
sleep through.
At first, Jessica didn't really like those thunderstorms! I
imagine they can be pretty frightening for a little four year
old girl; however, she would sit on dads lap and snuggle deeper
into her blanket. She eventually got used to those
thunderstorms. In fact, she even started to like them. To this
day, she loves thunder and lightning; although, we don't get a
lot of that here in Oregon. Today, Jessica is 23 years old and
she has very fond memories of those times that we sat in that
rocking chair on that front porch.
So what is front porch attitude? It's calm in the midst of a
storm! It's knowing that no matter what your circumstances, life
is good! It's not being afraid! It's seeing things with a
positive mental attitude! Front porch attitude is, basically,
living life as it was meant to be lived!
Do you have front porch attitude?
Chris W. Sutton Higher Motivation, Inc. http://www.front-porch-a
ttitude.com Send email to chriss@highermotivation.com