Thursday, September 11, 2008

Stow The Tude Queenie!

So, I realized that most of my frustrations are in my control.
I think this is something parents try to teach you as a child and as a teenager and even as a young adult, but it is something that you cannot learn until you figure it out.
I am only in control of my actions and reactions. If something pisses me off, it just does, but I am in control with how I deal with that instant reaction. This applies to friendships and "acquaintance-ships" too. ( i know i made up a word...get over it)
I can either choose to let them get on my nerves and show it and spend my time pissed or I can choose to say, OK Niners, that person is annoying and yes they should know better, but they clearly don't. Just be a good friend. Be on the same level of friendship not above where you take the role of authority or better-than or anything else, just be their friend, or be a good colleague by how you react.
This is my new way, and it is working quite well. It is almost as if I've taken the principles of yoga into my interactions with other humans. Stay calm and breathe through it, focus, center.
Good way to live!

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