May 16 in General discussion
Making Peace with Everyday Disruptions
What's the #1 thing that makes your skin crawl? Snakes? Something slimy that you're not quite sure what it is? Close! Inconveniences are the worst thing to come into our day without a proper invitation, and we all know how speedy the postal service is, so I'm not expecting that invite to get delivered any less than 7 business days.
We as men move with a purpose. If we have somewhere to go or somewhere to be, we want to be there now. Get it out of the way so you can successfully free up the rest of your afternoon to do whatever it is you want to do. I'd be comfortable raising my hand and acknowledging the fact that I am a very impatient person. As soon as my wife and I get in my truck, I'm already yelling at everyone to get out of the way so we can get to Target and make it back home.
We were running our errands just the other day, and then my wife hit me with some absolute fire that really made me think. She said, "Can't you just enjoy the moment?" And that really made me think...
Disruptions are entirely out of our control. There's nothing you can do to alleviate the inconvenience that is bound to let itself into your nice and peaceful day, but how you let the inconvenience affect you is what we're taking a deeper look at here.
"Can't you just enjoy the moment?" You know what… I'm alive, healthy, and happily building a family with the one I love; how can something so little, like traffic or running errands, suddenly outweigh all of the other things going on in my life?
Think about your day-to-day and all the things you have going for yourself. I can bet money there's at least one positive thing you can choose to be happy about. Now think of those who would do anything to have just a small piece of that happiness. You never know what someone else is going through, whether it be your neighbor or someone else stuck in traffic with you; everyone has their own fight they're going through. Enjoy the moment because someone else sure wishes they could.
Don't let the little things take you away from the moment you're in right now. Find something within that inconvenience to make you grateful for where you are and where you're going. At the end of the day, we're all going through our own personalized adventure of life, but how you enjoy those days is what will make them memorable not only for you, but for others around you as well.
Enjoy the moment.
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Making Peace with Everyday Disruptions
