As I was walking to my car in the 100 degree weather after work today, my eyes caught the rear passenger side tire of my car as I walked past the van parked next to me. It was flat. Time to rage and get mad!!! Not really, just time to grab the jack and tire iron from the trunk. Then, as i was starting to loosen the lug nuts, I noticed that the front tire was also flat. Rage time? Nope, time to put the jack and tire iron back into the trunk and walk to the nearest gas station for a couple of cans of fix a flat. Finally arrived back at the car, sweating like crazy from the walk. Fill the front tire with fix a flat and move on to the rear tire only to see hear air escaping from the sidewall on the other side of the tire as I drained the can into the valve stem. Time for the donut once again....but still not time to get mad and act crazy over a hole in rubber.
In my journey of life I have realized that getting mad really doesn't help make this journey any easier. It almost always makes the road rockier, the ice cream meltier, the coke flattier....
When things start to get rough, start to melt, start to get flat, I remind myself that I am healthy and have a beautiful daughter that loves me and I remind myself that I am fortunate to be able to care for the ones that I love. I remind myself that I am free to walk around, that I am not bound to live my life constrained in a cage. I remind myself that it could have been three tires, maybe maybe even all four.
What good comes from anger? -----I can't think of anything.
Next time you feel like you have had enough, remember the old saying "Kill them with kindness." "Them" doesn't always have to refer to a person or multiple people, it can refer to inanimate objects - the cup that spilled, the food that fell on the floor, even animals - the dog that peed on the carpet, the cat that knocked the books off of the shelf. You can kill the anger with kindness and thoughts of what you enjoy in life.
Many people ask me why I am always happy and always smiling or trying to make others smile. Maybe this post will help those asking me this question find the answer.
If the everyone could get rid of the anger, the world would live with.....
In my journey of life I have realized that getting mad really doesn't help make this journey any easier. It almost always makes the road rockier, the ice cream meltier, the coke flattier....
When things start to get rough, start to melt, start to get flat, I remind myself that I am healthy and have a beautiful daughter that loves me and I remind myself that I am fortunate to be able to care for the ones that I love. I remind myself that I am free to walk around, that I am not bound to live my life constrained in a cage. I remind myself that it could have been three tires, maybe maybe even all four.
What good comes from anger? -----I can't think of anything.
Next time you feel like you have had enough, remember the old saying "Kill them with kindness." "Them" doesn't always have to refer to a person or multiple people, it can refer to inanimate objects - the cup that spilled, the food that fell on the floor, even animals - the dog that peed on the carpet, the cat that knocked the books off of the shelf. You can kill the anger with kindness and thoughts of what you enjoy in life.
Many people ask me why I am always happy and always smiling or trying to make others smile. Maybe this post will help those asking me this question find the answer.
If the everyone could get rid of the anger, the world would live with.....
Perfection!! That's the only word I can come up with at the moment. I'm proud of you, Waldo!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Ms. Sandiego!!
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