Living is really only part of what we do on this planet, isn’t it? When you think that most things (and if you ask some, they’ll say all things) we do affects something or someone else, our “living” goes beyond just existence. Our attitude has a lot to do with how we affect other people … and other things. Are things any less important than people? It depends. The rock you kick down the street because your bored and you’re walking (have you ever kicked a rock all the way home from school or a friend’s house? I used to do it all the time as a kid) may not seem like much of a big deal. But if you get mad and kick it and it breaks a window, your attitude has affected a person, not just a thing. Unless the window is attached to an abandoned house, in which case it probably won’t matter to anyone. But what if you kicked every stone out of someone’s gravel driveway? Okay, I’m pushing it here, aren’t I?
So I’m making up a new word. We don’t just “live,” we “attitude.” Like it or not, my new word is “attituding” as in “Stop attituding!” Feel free to use it any time. My treat.
(Half a point for making up a new word?) hehe
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October 13, 2015 at 9:54 pm
I love this so so much! I try to attitude in a good way, a positive and happy way. I’m not always as successful as I’d like, but my intention is to keep getting better at it.
Thanks for that reminder! =D
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October 13, 2015 at 10:43 pm
Where would be the challenge if we didn’t have to keep trying? 😉 You’re very welcome my dear. 🙂
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October 23, 2015 at 4:37 pm
<3!
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October 12, 2015 at 10:50 pm
How about gradituding? If I kicked a rock all the way home, I’d feel responsible and have to keep it. (I have lots of shells and rocks living with me.)
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October 12, 2015 at 10:53 pm
Is that, like, the verb meaning gratitude? If so, that’s the opposite of attituding!! What a wonderful word! 😀
I think I did keep some of the rocks I kicked home. 🙂
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October 13, 2015 at 10:31 pm
Yes. I guess I spelled gratitude wrong. Oh well. We are making them up! 🙂
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October 13, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Exactly… spell at will! 😉
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October 13, 2015 at 9:56 pm
I have jars and bowls and baskets full that have come home with us! Gladituding that I’m not alone!
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October 11, 2015 at 2:36 pm
I just read your SOC and find that we get 1/2 point for making up a word in our entries. Woot! I made up “unhibernated.” 🙂
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October 11, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Nice word! Having a busy day with the family over for Thanksgiving today. Hopefully I’ll get to all the SoCS posts soon. 🙂
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October 11, 2015 at 7:14 am
Gonna abbreviate it to toodin’ I think, sounds cooler.
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October 11, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Haha! Definitely cooler.
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October 11, 2015 at 12:59 am
Nice one 😀
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October 11, 2015 at 4:04 pm
Thank you, KG. 😀
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October 10, 2015 at 8:09 pm
Just noticed you have 6,000 followers! Congrats!
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October 11, 2015 at 4:03 pm
Thank you Joanne! Though in all honesty, only about half of that number are WordPress followers. The rest are from Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook.
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October 11, 2015 at 6:35 pm
And maybe email, too? I realize that there are some readers who are counted on more than one platform, but that’s the way WordPress does it, so – Woo hoo! Six thousand!
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October 11, 2015 at 10:50 pm
😀 6K it is!
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October 10, 2015 at 7:52 pm
Good word Linda can you give me a sentence in which the meaning is explained…?
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October 11, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Hmmm… How about, “When you’re having a bad day, attituding is an easy thing to do, but you should try not to.”
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October 10, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Liking this word Linda 🙂
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October 10, 2015 at 4:24 pm
Thank you, Dan. 🙂
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October 10, 2015 at 1:35 pm
Quite amazed by your imagination!
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October 10, 2015 at 4:24 pm
Thank you, Jan. 🙂
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October 10, 2015 at 1:05 pm
I’m going to co-opt your new word and morph it into “badituding”. I agree. The attitude we bring to our living affects others who are living, also.
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October 10, 2015 at 4:23 pm
“Badituding.” Even better! Thanks, Glazed. 🙂
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