{"id":2605,"date":"2013-03-04T23:57:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2013-03-04T23:58:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:58:09","slug":"surrounded-by-the-right-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/surrounded-by-the-right-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrounded By The Right People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say you have to do something that isn\u2019t your favorite thing in the world to do.\u00a0 Then say you have to do it with people who are not fun to be around, who are negative, selfish, and basically drag you down.<\/p>\n

Now say you have to do that same something that isn\u2019t your favorite in the world to do, but this time say you get to do it with people who are a total blast to hang out with, who are upbeat and positive, generous and kind, and who lift you up anytime they are around.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Imagine how you feel in both those situations.\u00a0 In both cases the task needing to be done isn\u2019t something you want to do.\u00a0 But when you get to do that with people who are a joy to be around they can make anything a joyful and fun experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I remember years ago when I was still a single mom a guy friend asked me and my kids to go on a hike with him.\u00a0 Now let me start by stating that I HATE hiking!\u00a0 Like really hate it.\u00a0\u00a0 But being single at the time and not wanting the guy to know to what extent I hated hiking, I said I would go.\u00a0 What the guy didn\u2019t tell me was that we would be hiking up a massive mountain in the canyons and that it would be a really steep climb up sheer rock cliffs.\u00a0 When we got to the hike it was clear that I was not keeping up.\u00a0 I was hot and miserable and I just wanted the hike to end.\u00a0 My date and my son climbed ahead of us a ways and my daughter, who was only about 10 at the time stayed back with me to bring up the rear.\u00a0 She could tell I was miserable on the hike and frankly she was too back then.\u00a0 But rather than complain about how awful it was she decided to turn the hike into a game. She started saying that we should pretend we were on the escalator at Nordstroms on our way to the biggest sale of the entire year.\u00a0 She and I began to laugh and make up all kinds of stories to tell ourselves to make the climb into something fun and silly, taking our focus off how miserable we actually were.\u00a0 When the day was over she and I laughed like crazy about our miserable day and how nuts we had been coming up with our silly stories to get through it.\u00a0 Now 7 years later she and I still laugh about our miserable hike and the fun that we had.<\/p>\n

It was a miserable activity, but I was doing it with someone who was a fabulous person to be hanging out with and that made it extraordinary for me.\u00a0 It taught me a really great principle about life.\u00a0 I learned that I could get through anything if I was surrounded with the right people.\u00a0 Life is always going to have its hard challenges but when you can go through it surrounded with amazing people who make you laugh and be silly and who lift your spirits up, it can turn even the hardest times into your very best memories.\u00a0 Surrounding yourself with good people makes all the difference in life.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Thanks to all of the good people who make my life better by being a part of it!\u00a0 Have an amazing day Tuesday!<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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