“Oh, what a beautiful mornin’, oh, what a beautiful day. I’ve got a wonderful feeling, everything’s going my way.”
My friend Jim brightened my morning by singing that song during a vacation our families spent together a few years ago. I told him I loved his attitude. His son, Jack, gave an eye roll and told me his dad sings that song every morning. Why not?
Some of you know “Oh, what a beautiful mornin’ ” is the opening song for the “Oklahoma!” musical and premiered on Broadway in 1943. It was written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and sung in the original musical by Curly McLain. Personally, I prefer Jim’s version. Regardless, you are likely going to struggle to get this song out of your head for the remainder of the day, and that’s a good thing.
One of my original goals in creating this newsletter was to bring a smile to the faces of our readers. Meanwhile, I receive orders from a handful of you telling me I need to tackle contentious subjects locally and from around the world. On a rare occasion I do, but, more often than not, I simply want to make you smile with something other than political banter, federal funding cuts, or Aaron Rodgers updates. There is enough anger and division in the world today, and you have hundreds of news sources to find that — with more on the way. We might all do better by listening to the words of author and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar: “A positive attitude will have positive results because attitudes are contagious.”
How about you? Do you have a song, phrase, prayer or meditation that starts your day off right? I hope that you do and that you will join my friend Jim and me and have a beautiful day. I have a wonderful feeling everything will go your way.
Have a terrific Tuesday, and thanks for reading.
Shane Goodman
Editor and Publisher
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