Billie's Folly

We've had a lot of f og the last couple months.  Up on our hill we're either above it or shrouded in it while the lower areas are clear.  And we finally had a little snow.  It wasn't gentle flakes softly drifting down--it was a  15 degree  blizzard of high winds and snow mixed with freezing rain .  It's been pretty miserable ever since, except for this one day of sunshine.   The fountains always provide a dramatic freeze.  

Why are some of us optimists and some not?  I think we're at least partially hardwired--just like we’re predisposed to much of our temperament--it's our default mode.  After that, the positive or negative environment we grow up in is an influence, along with all our experiences along the way.  

The holidays are over and I did my bit to spread cheer.