2022-23 Positive Attitude

This Scouter’s Minute is one that I shared way back in 2014 when I first started ScouterLife.com. This was way before I even thought of creating this podcast and having our weekly scouter’s minutes available by both audio and text. This one is entitled “Positive Attitude”.

A good positive attitude can truly change the way you approach life, and your future. Let me illustrate with a short story.

A few years ago, there was a wildlife organization out west that offered a bounty of $5000 for wolves captured alive.

Two friends, Sam and Jed, decided to make their fortune. Day and night, they scoured the mountains and forests looking for their valuable prey.

Exhausted one night, they fell asleep dreaming of their potential fortune.

Suddenly, Sam woke up a bit startled, and saw that they were surrounded by a huge pack of nearly 70 wolves with searing black eyes, and bared teeth. Low growls rumbling from their throats.

He slowly reached over and nudged his friend and said 'Jed, wake up! I think we're rich!'

A lot has happened in the past eight years from when I first shared this scouter’s minute. There is an extreme amount of negative things happening to each and every one of us on a daily basis. These figurative wolves that surround us may be noticeable by those we interact with. But, they could also be items that affect us emotionally or mentally which are a little harder to see and help us with. Sometimes it’s easier to just be in a bad mood and not give two hoots about the outcome of being in such a mood. But, in my household, that usually ends up with all parties in a bad mood. I’m not sure how I would have reacted if I was the one in this story and was surrounded by a pack of wolves. Especially since wolves are the one creature that I worry about the most when camping near Yellowstone. I hope that each of us can be like Sam in this story and have a positive attitude when our own wolves that attack us everyday surround us.