Throughout life and even the course of a day you will run into some unhappy people. In fact I run into them all the time and even here on the world wide web. I make it a point not to flip my lid every time someone does or says something to piss me off and here's why. I'm a firm believer in the idea that you can only control your own behavior. Trying to micromanage the universe—or just other people—is an exercise in futility and sure to irritate you to no end. Just the other day I ran into a 'situation' where I could have easily ended up screaming my head off and behaving like a lunatic but instead I chose to ignore the child like behavior of the other adult woman and act as if she ceased to exist. My mother told me often as a child that sometimes you just have to ignore people and so in that instance I surely did. Getting your blood pressure boiling because of someone else is never a good idea. Don't give away your power by choosing a calm attitude.
When choosing your attitude, you're deciding what your outlook on life will be. It's easier said than done, but habitually happy people are not that way because only good things happen to them. Surely we all know that life isn't full of sunshine, rainbows and unicorns dancing in the sky; there will be days of despair but that doesn't mean you have to let others filled with negativity steal your joy. So the next time you are met with Mr. or Mrs. Rain on your Parade simply choose to be the bigger person ♥
Take your power back, it can be a liberating experience!
