Wednesday 9 May 2012
Thursday 3 May 2012
Keep Calm, and Carry On.
Truer words have never been said. I really think that everyone needs to not just look at these words, but really absorb them. So many times in life, we think a catastrophic series of events has come our way and there is no hope for us, when really we just haven't paid our cellphone bill yet, or a shirt doesn't come in our size in the color and cut that we want. My mother told me a couple months ago "Its always only a day or two away from being okay again." When I look back on many of the struggles, issues, and catastrophic events in my life, it really was only a day away from being okay again. If I could have just lived in that present situation, it really wouldn't have been as bad as I thought it was.
I think many of us struggle with thinking the worst in everyone or every situation. Someone cuts us off in line at a grocery store, "AWWWHH HELL NO!" A customer service agent gives us attitude on the phone, "I DEMAND TO SPEAK WITH YOUR CEO!" A shirt was on sale when you went to the store last week, but isn't anymore, "WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS DO YOU PEOPLE RUN HERE?!" They run out of your favourite ice cream flavour at your favourite ice cream store, "WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME!" Do you see where I'm getting at here? When we look back, we can probably see that we went on a bunch of vendetta's over such petty things. We thought the world was coming to an end but I assure you, it wasn't. We're all still here, and so are you. Move on with your day, it's not really that big of a deal.
In so many situations, it's so important to realize that it's not that important! Sometimes, there really is nothing you can do about it, so in that case, don't worry about it! Other times, you can choose to make a scene and cause a ruckus, but why not take the high road out? The amount of time we spend worrying, stressing, and being angry could be harvested in so many other and better ways. Your bills are overdue, you don't get paid for another two weeks. Instead of spending that entire two weeks being stressed, depressed and irritable, why not let it go, accept the fact that you can't pay those bills right away and hug your kids, or your cat. It's only two weeks from being okay again.
Please understand I am not saying that people do not experience catastrophic or tragic events. There are times when the world really is crumbling from underneath us and we are in so much pain and grief that it hurts to breath. I firmly believe that grief is healthy and needed, and that you should grieve until you don't need to anymore. All I am saying is that we need to start differentiating when that is happening and when it isn't.
Until my next post,
Cheers.
I think many of us struggle with thinking the worst in everyone or every situation. Someone cuts us off in line at a grocery store, "AWWWHH HELL NO!" A customer service agent gives us attitude on the phone, "I DEMAND TO SPEAK WITH YOUR CEO!" A shirt was on sale when you went to the store last week, but isn't anymore, "WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS DO YOU PEOPLE RUN HERE?!" They run out of your favourite ice cream flavour at your favourite ice cream store, "WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME!" Do you see where I'm getting at here? When we look back, we can probably see that we went on a bunch of vendetta's over such petty things. We thought the world was coming to an end but I assure you, it wasn't. We're all still here, and so are you. Move on with your day, it's not really that big of a deal.
In so many situations, it's so important to realize that it's not that important! Sometimes, there really is nothing you can do about it, so in that case, don't worry about it! Other times, you can choose to make a scene and cause a ruckus, but why not take the high road out? The amount of time we spend worrying, stressing, and being angry could be harvested in so many other and better ways. Your bills are overdue, you don't get paid for another two weeks. Instead of spending that entire two weeks being stressed, depressed and irritable, why not let it go, accept the fact that you can't pay those bills right away and hug your kids, or your cat. It's only two weeks from being okay again.
Please understand I am not saying that people do not experience catastrophic or tragic events. There are times when the world really is crumbling from underneath us and we are in so much pain and grief that it hurts to breath. I firmly believe that grief is healthy and needed, and that you should grieve until you don't need to anymore. All I am saying is that we need to start differentiating when that is happening and when it isn't.
Until my next post,
Cheers.
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