It’s interesting the stuff you find on the back of toilet doors. You expect the weird and wacky in public restrooms but the place I wouldn’t expect to find anything interesting is in a government facility. Traditionally, they’ve been fans of stark bathrooms with any form of graffiti removed or painted over pretty quickly. But I’ve noticed over the past few months that every single staff toilet at my workplace has got motivational posters on the back of the toilet door or on the walls on either side.
This perplexes me a little because these toilets are mainly in clinical areas. When I worked on the floor, I don’t think I went to the bathroom at all during the day because there was always that extra thing that needed to be done. And if I did get to go, it was generally a very very brief pitstop. Definitely not long enough to read the multitude of inspirational messages plastered all over the place. I suppose they are there for the benefit of people who have the luxury of spending just a wee bit longer in the loo to read them all….but who are those people??
One in particular seemed to stick out – “your attitude is a reaction to what life hands you, only you can choose that reaction”. I think I almost had a zen like moment reading that in the toilet. Something so common sense yet something I’d never taken the time to think about. It certainly makes more sense that in a workplace where every day can be a constant struggle, the workers tend to go about their day with a smile on their face and take the bad stuff on the chin and just get on with it.
I guess it’s just the new age version of the old adage “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” 
This is great, in a world of so much disharmony and uncertainty we need a little inspriration during the day to keep us going and to remember that life is as good as we make it.
Thanks Robyn, I thought it would be nice to share something uplifting and positive amid the doom and gloom.