Positive Boomerang

“Do you know what my favorite thing about positive energy is?” Bubba asked.

“What's that?” Matt said.

“I love the fact that it's like a boomerang,” said Bubba.

“What's a boomerang?” asked Matt.

“It's like a Frisbee but shaped differently, so when you throw it, it comes back to you.”

“That's no fun. I like to chase Frisbees,” said Matt.

“I know, little buddy, but the one thing you don't want to have to chase is positivity—and the great news is that you don't have to. Like a boomerang, when you throw positive energy out to the world, it comes back to you. When you feed the positive dog inside you, you benefit and become more positive yourself. Then you benefit others in a positive way. But it doesn't just stop there. When you impact others in a positive way it comes back to you and feeds your positive dog even more.”

“So when I feed others, I feed myself?” Matt asked.

“Yep. That's the beauty of positivity. I love how it works. When you feed yourself, you benefit. When you feed others, you feed yourself too. The more positivity you grow and share, the more it grows and expands and comes back to you.” Bubba then looked over his right shoulder and realized that Samantha, a beautiful black lab and Great Dane mix, was listening to their conversation.

“Let me show you how it works,” he said, and then told Matt a joke. “If a man wants to know about unconditional love he should lock his mother-in-law, his wife, and his dog in the trunk of his car and drive around for thirty minutes. Then, when he opens the trunk, guess who's happy to see him? That's unconditional love.”

Matt and Bubba burst out laughing and, as Bubba expected, Samantha laughed as well. Matt heard Samantha laughing and Bubba explained that this is how positivity works. “Everything we do to be positive contagiously benefits others, and then benefits us even more. When we laugh we cause others to laugh and they experience the same psychological and physical benefits of laughter as we do. And their laughter makes us laugh even more, so positivity grows in us.”

“I noticed it's the same with smiling,” Matt said. “The more I smile at other dogs the more they smile back.”

“That's how it works,” Bubba said. “When you share a real smile, you not only produce serotonin in your brain, but the recipient of your smile also produces more serotonin in their brain. So, just by smiling at someone, you give them an antidepressant, and their smile comes back to you and benefits you.”

“It also works with friends, doesn't it?” Matt asked.

“Yes it does. When you are positive, positive energy flows out of your heart and attracts others who want to be near and dear to you. Your positivity not only impacts these friends, but these friends also grow your positivity.”