Choices

So today I had a kind of epiphany. WE choose how things affect us daily, if not hourly or by the minute. Just like everyone else in the world, I have events, comments, attitudes, and people who get on my nerves or upset me. Make me frustrated or angry even. Pretty dumb that today on my way to work I got thinking about it. It dawned on me that I was choosing how it all affected me. Sure it is easy to get upset with people when they do not do what you think they should or would like them to. It's just as easy to ignore the times you do not meet your own expectations for yourself. So my thought was, if I can ignore/forgive myself for my failings, why can't I just as easily forgive others. Answer?  MY PRIDE!!! Duh.. I wanted something to be done the way I wanted or wanted to be able to do what someone else got to do instead of them. Pretty much placing myself as the most important. Sigh, so much time lost to stewing over the issues instead of saying "Meh, it dosen't really matter" and move on. Problem is that it requires more work to be more forgiving of others and their failings than it is to be forgiving of our own. Most people.... well to be honest are lazy (myself included). I mean it is so much easier to get upset with others and not be forgiving of their "failings" or in reality I guess choices. They made a choice and went with it. You got the "bum end of the deal". Oh well, time for you to make a choice, how are you going to allow it to affect you?
Me? I am just realizing this...... sigh. Lord help me with my choices. Ultimatly, the choices you make will affect others because of the change in attitude in yourself towards them. Believe me I know all to well!!

Look at it this way if you disagree or are lost in my randomness of thinking. God is perfect in all ways. HE Chose to die for you and save you from your sinful self. Are you worth it? To Him yes. But as another human looking at you from a human perspective? Let me get back to you on that......  :P If we would just realize that our choice can and will affect our attitude, then maybe things would run smoother. You made a choice and I did not like it, but I decided to make a choice and forget about it and move on. Harder to do? Sure, but then so are all the worthwhile things in life.

Laterz..

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