Default.......

Word of the Day...... Default....n.,.....a selection made usually automatically or without active consideration. You know words are funny things. Sometimes the same word can be used as nouns or verbs, adjectives or adverbs. And over the years words have added meanings. Twenty years ago, when you heard the word DEFAULT, you would have never thought of it in computer terms....like default setting. It would have denoted a failure to do an action....i.e...pay bill, show at a proceeding etc. But in today's very technology centered world, default is a totally different thing. So I'm wondering about personal default settings. I think we all have them. Do you default to angry, silly, moody, happy, stern? I think we all have DEFAULT reputations. Remember Ouiser Boudreaux from Steel Magnolias......her default setting was a bad mood. That was what she was known for......grumpy, disapproving, generally cantankerous. What are you known for? More importantly what do you WANT to be known for? It may just be that what you desire your image to be, is not quite your default setting. Just as you can change the settings on your computer, you can change your own default setting. Gonna take some work to get there. Gonna take some mind over matter. Think about your Default setting and is it what you want to portray to your family, friends and the world. If it is...Congratulations!! If it's not.....change it! We live in an ever changing world. Here today...Gone tomorrow. But your reputation....your DEFAULT SETTING....takes hard work to maintain and or change. Be proud or hit Control/Alt/Delete!