My attitude has changed. At least for now, but I hope it stays this way.

If anyone cared enough and noticed that my attitude has changed, they might think, “Oh sure, Biden won the election, so now everything is just great for her. Jussst great.”

But that’s not it.

Some might think it’s because there’s a COVID vaccine and my dad is scheduled to get it, and soon the rest of my at-risk loved ones will too.

Although that is wonderful, that’s not it either.

Some might think it’s because most of the stuff I’ve complained about on this blog: racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-semitism, etc. are finally, really being addressed and people are proving that they’re not going to take it anymore. Those who oppose these issues are getting stronger and are here to stay.

HALLE-FRIGGIN-LUJAH! But that’s not it either.

The reason I’m in such a good mood is because I’m finally beginning to understand what those black rubber WWJD? bracelets have always tried to tell me.

STOP! WAIT!!!

Before you say to yourself, ‘Oh no, Tiffy has become a Jesus freak – I’m outta here’ – as Pa Ingalls would say, Now hear me out…

Yes I’ve been going to church, and yes I’ve been reading my Bible, but there are still a ton of things I’m not 100% sold on – like the parting of the Red Sea and the walking on water stuff.

And there are still some things I struggle with; like the Christian stance on a woman’s right to choose.

And when I get to the part about how the only people who should marry are a man to a woman – well, I’ll always disagree with that one because love is love.

The part I am sure about, is that Jesus loved everyone and was even kind to his enemies. That’s how I’m trying to live now.

At first I thought – no way, this is too hard. There are too many morons in the world to love them all.

But I realized that when you practice this loving way of thinking, the feeling of it being difficult melts away, and you’re just left trying to understand your enemies. So it’s not even fake.

You really begin to see that hurt people, hurt people. It’s the root of it all.

I think all my blogs trying to figure out why people act the way they do, whether good or bad, were really my subconscious way of doing just that – but my snarky attitude got in the way of the ‘being kind’ part.

I love my snark. I got snark for days. It’s going to take a lot to tamp it down, and I’m sure it will rear it’s cute little head every now and then, but I’m going to try to reign it in a little.

Not just because it will be my contribution to making the world a better place, but because, selfishly, it feels really good.

As a little experiment for your soul, try thinking this way for just one day and see how it makes you feel. I’m telling you … it will change you, but in a good way ❤️