So my happy and wonderful mood was almost instantly changed when I went out to dinner and found myself in one of the most uncomfortable situations ever. To make a long story short, I felt like my family and I were disrespected and I was completely embarrassed and angry. The worst thing was that it was by someone who I once trusted and supported. After not knowing what to do for about 3 hours and feeling like all my optimism towards humanity was banished… I sat and thought about what happened for a long time. My whole body felt in a knot and I was so upset. But I breathed and I breathed and I calmed myself down. Then, I realized that things like this happen, and not everything in life is picture perfect…in fact nothing is. And that is ok too.
I was just writing about control over our emotions, so how could I allow someone else’s words and actions affect me? We will all find ourselves disrespected at one point or another but the important thing is to not get caught up in the moment and in the instant emotion. Anger, frustration and pride only consume us with negative energy that make us feel constantly heavy and cluttered. I think that if we are searching for peace and trying to get peace the best way to start is within ourselves. As hard as it may be, we are all capable of doing that…and in the end we always end up winning that way. We need to gain a greater level of selflessness and just learn to be true to ourselves no matter what we go through.
And as one friend once told me:
“How seriously could you take yourself if you knew you were going to die tomorrow?”
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Wow! I wish I was as young as you when I first discovered I actually CAN control my emotions! That's a really powerful thing to discover. Even if at first impulse we go a little off the deep end, we can quickly bring it back around with right thinking. We can't control what others do. We can only control who we are and how we respond. Great post!
ReplyDeleteYup I agree, and Thanks! :)
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