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Today's
Meditation:
Well said, Cotton! It is about whether others
actually have the ability to ruin our days, isn't it? In my life, I've been
in plenty of situations in which others have tried to ruin
my day. In all truth, I've learned how not to let
people do that because at first, I used to let them ruin
my day. Someone would do something rude or hurtful
or obnoxious, and I'd spend a lot of time feeling awful
about it. As time went on, though, I finally
realized that my awful feelings weren't due to the actions
themselves-- they were simply my reactions to those
actions. In other words, others made me make my own
day miserable.
If you make me have a bad day, it's actually not you
making the day bad. It's me. I've made a
choice to let your words or your action affect me.
But the fact is that the world goes on, life goes on, and
I go on. The question is, of course, how do I
go on?
We're offered an amazing array of miracles every day that
we're on this planet-- oxygen to breathe, food to eat,
water to drink, friends with which to pass time, music to
listen to, words to read, sights to see. With all
that going for us, why would we let the words or actions
of another person-- a person who is probably acting or
speaking out of fear or malice-- turn a day into a negative
experience? It simply doesn't make sense. We
do have a choice.
It is easier said than done, not letting another person
bring us down or ruin our day. But it is possible to
learn how to let things go and let things pass by.
When we learn how not to be affected strongly by another
person's actions, we learn one of the most important
lessons in life: how to determine our own attitude
and perspective rather than simply reacting to someone
else's actions.
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