something I am grateful for today
Nov. 18th, 2009 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johncomicI had a bad morning (actually my whole family did), and getting off to a bad start put me in an unusually negative and curmudgeonly mood. I found it very hard to think of anything to be grateful for today, and was quite prepared to skip this. However, after allowing some more time to elapse, I now have this:
I am grateful that I have [finally] learned that my moods are filters thru which I view my world and my life. If somebody who usually brings joy to my life happens to bring me crap, I don't start wondering “why they've changed” or focus on how I felt about the crap at that moment. It's become a lot easier to let things go. Crap comes and goes. Bad moods as a result of crap come and go. The core that usually brings joy to my life is still there and will show its face again... in fact, it will show its face again sooner if I don't dwell on the crap and the bad mood.
I wasn't always like this, but it's something I can do today. Better perspective or whatnot, I guess...
I am grateful that I have [finally] learned that my moods are filters thru which I view my world and my life. If somebody who usually brings joy to my life happens to bring me crap, I don't start wondering “why they've changed” or focus on how I felt about the crap at that moment. It's become a lot easier to let things go. Crap comes and goes. Bad moods as a result of crap come and go. The core that usually brings joy to my life is still there and will show its face again... in fact, it will show its face again sooner if I don't dwell on the crap and the bad mood.
I wasn't always like this, but it's something I can do today. Better perspective or whatnot, I guess...
