Infectious attitudes can spread very quickly!

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This past week my little boy was sick with a stomach virus.  Knowing that infectious viruses can go through a family like wildfire, I was paranoid about all of us washing our hands (using soap!)  If you have ever raised little boys, you know you have to tell them to use soap when they wash their hands.  Otherwise, they just wet them with the water and call it quits!  I read this on a site that I was surfing through, Sometimes a person is contagious to others even before they start to feel sick. In most cases, it is important that a sick person stays at home so that they do not spread the disease to others. 

I have to admit that I thought about myself.  How many times have I taken the disease of disgruntled employee in to work with me and spread it amoung my co-workers?  How many times have I taken the disease of nagging wife into my marriage and been a hindrance instead of a help meet?  How many times have I taken the disease of disapproving mother and destroyed the dreams of my children with a sharp tongue or inattention?  I would like to think that I have never been guilty of any of these, but I have. 

So, I am thinking, and bear with me on this one, a attitude of joy and thanksgiving would be a better infectious attitude.  What if I was a eager employee, a helpful wife, and a supportive mother?  Wouldn't that be better for everyone.  My challenge to myself is to be thankful and grateful for everything in my life.  That attitude is one I would love to spread to everyone!