Choices

Today was a good day. I felt myself starting to get upset and managed to stop myself before I overreacted.

The computer stopped working momentarily this afternoon and I started to complain about how the stupid machine won’t do what I need when I need it. Then, I realized, I could be outside in the freezing weather breaking my back for a minimum wage job. I looked around my private office, the one with the leather chair I was sitting in, solid wood furniture, a fan, a flat screen, the electric tea kettle and box of assorted teas, and all the memorabilia I’ve collected over the years. At that moment, my problems seemed like good ones to have.

After I collected myself and re-caged my brain, the computer started functioning properly again and I was able to successfully complete two reports that had been on my desk for a month.

I’ve recently realized that we’re all dying at the rate of one second per second. Life is short, and there are only so many moments every single person gets in the course of a lifetime. The only thing we can do is choose how we’re going to react in any given situation. On this day, I chose wisely.

The ultimate goal is to not react negatively at all. To have the patience to immediately understand and not have any negative outward reaction. That may take time for me to accomplish.

Images of perfection are everywhere and we are constantly inundated or bombarded with false expectations of what life is supposed to be like. It’s extremely easy to lose sight of what really matters; how we choose to react in any given situation.