a positve outlook

I am a bit of a complainer. Okay, I LIKE to complain and I always justify it by saying that I'm just "venting". No I am complaining and I wish I knew why I did this so much. My dad is great at keeping me in check and telling me to stop acting like a baby, which I appreciate, it's nice to know that I can count on him to always tell what I need to hear, not necessarily want to hear. I was really thinking about this last night because I realize I was probably sounding ungrateful to people around me and I realized that I was letting my expectations for a situation control my mood and attitude. So I found a verse  in the Bible (what I usually do when I know I need to work on something) and I brought it around with me all day; Ephesians 4:29 "Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them." My goal today was to be positive, thankful, smile a lot, and try to make other people feel good. I think I succeeded for the most part, I had a new energy at my internship that I had lost recently and I felt energized all day. I need to remember that I may not necessarily always like WHAT I'm doing but I need to show that I am grateful for the opportunity. It's kind of funny to because that verse combined with my devotional for the day (which talked about love "Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sings" 1 Peter 4:8) helped me be positive all day. One of the producers commented that I was always smiling which in retrospect was God telling me to keep on keeping on with this attitude, not my whoa is me I am so unfortunate tude. I realize that if everyone just had a positive attitude in life, things would be great, people would be nice, and the little things wouldn't seem to matter as much because it wouldn't be the last link in sweater that just unraveled. We would be able to keep our emotions in check and not let the whole sweater unravel so we end up being rude, down, mean or any other negative term towards other people. So what Liz wants if for people to really grab a hold of being positive for a day, truly seriously positive, and see if it makes a difference in their attitude.