One of my friends can be a grump. Temperatures dropped recently and it was a beautiful day when I walked outside and saw him tinkering with his car.

“Great day to be outside,” I shouted to him.

“Probably won’t last,” he replied.

“Hey, it’ll be good while it lasts,” I responded. “It feels so good to be outside. I think I’ll take a longer than normal bike ride this morning.”

“You’ll probably be really sore tomorrow,” he commented.

“Yeah, but it will be a good sore,” I said. “I don’t mind getting sore, it means I’ve stretched myself.”

“You can only do that so much then you’ll be in the hospital, like me — getting physical therapy or having people tell you to lose weight,” he concluded before going back into his garage.

Sometimes people ask me why I look on the “bright side” so much. I’

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