I’ve been playing around with the idea of implementing a theme for this year’s Speak Out after reading another round of: “Hey, why can’t you just be happy for people with good news?” Negative and bullish comments simply because someone had a great day? What can anyone do except to tell that person to shut up. If you’re upset about someone being happy, then what does that say about your state of mind? On those rare occasions when I’m annoyed by someone’s overabundance of SQUEE, then I simply unplug for a little while.

OR…

I fight back not with fire, but with gratitude.

There’s a lot of power in the words “Thank You” and really, who can argue or be a troll about that? We may feel envious of other people’s successes, especially if you’re a creative like I am, but in the end there’s enough happiness to go around for everyone.

Imagine a week of thank you letters to the people who got us into our hobbies, who inspired our passions, who helped us grow into the people we are now?

Thoughts? What do you think about this theme?

Originally Published on SpeakOutWithYourGeekOut.com