Life is short, so quit complaining about small shit.
I refuse to live a life of complaint or anger. Happiness is a choice and I choose to be happy now, not later but now.
I spent too much time as a child, angry. And there are several reasons why. I grew up in a single parent home, with too much responsibility on my shoulders, and a lack of emotional stability. I was angry that my mom was always working, I was angry at how my dad never showed up, I was angry because I looked different, I was angry because I never felt loved, I was angry because I felt abandoned.
But now I know that my life situations are just that, life situations. Those occurrences that I went through as a child were tough, and unfair. But if I am to live a life of happiness, then I must let go. Ive realized that I held onto my anger and my story because it was my blanket. My story gave me reason to still be angry, at everyone, at every behavior, at myself, at life.
“I release and let go of my story, because no one really read it anyway..” -Tubby Love.
My anger was part of my story, and that story is just that. A thing of my past. Too often we find ourselves complaining about things that happen “to” us; “she said that to me yesterday, can you believe that?”, or “I can't believe that guy was so mean to me earlier”.
Yes I know sometimes people can be mean and angry towards us, and we often feel compelled to retaliate, and satisfy some sort of self-justification. How can someone wrong us and we do nothing about it; won't that make us weak, and easily used. NO it WONT. When someone does something “wrong” to you or makes a nasty commitment, take a moment to pause. Take a moment to think before you immediately respond to that person. Take a moment to really evaluate. Take a moment. Someones anger or frustrations are a reflection onto them, and more than likely the original source of their anger or frustration has absolutely nothing to do with you, but you just happen to be the person on the receiving end of those feelings. So before you respond, take a moment. Remember that anger begets anger, hate begets hate, but love can always triumph, kindness will always prevail.
I know what I am asking is a lot but heres my point. My anger and my frustrations with my life were part of my story and it allowed me to live on this spinning wheel of constant discontent.
That could be the same for that same person that is being “nasty” towards you. So do them a favor, as others have done for me in the past. Let go, take a moment and be kind.
Dont forget that we ALL deserve happiness and joy, choose those feelings because it is our right. Don't forget that when someone is angry with you, they are just lacking love and kindness in their life. So forgive them and be kind. And even if that person continues to be nasty or make rude comments, then its ok. Take a moment, pause and be even nicer. More than likely, that person will not forget you and not forget how kind you were to them despite their angry demeanor. They may even walk away and eventually be happy, and show kindness to the next person they meet.
Don’t forget you have the power to choose happiness, you have the power to show love to someone even in the face of anger or frustration. Don't forget that love is the answer, and we all need it, we all deserve it.
