Insult, Rinse and Repeat
Every day this week has brought a special blessing that I have been so thankful for. I attempt to wake up each day and start off with a THANK YOU for my many blessings and for the opportunity to start the day with a clean slate.
Today seemed like any other day at first. I didn’t really notice that the first person I spoke with was asking slightly insulting questions that sort of put me into a negative mood. I answered politely and then dismissed it.
Later in the day, another person began asking the same insulting questions as the first person. Well, this certainly began to annoy me, but, again, I answered politely. However, this time, my mood was changed and I became a bit irritable with my daughter (I apologized later) – for no reason at all.
Tonight, I spoke with another person who said that someone was asking HER the same questions I had received earlier, and those same insulting questions were about ME.
Yep, that did it.
After ranting for a good 10 minutes, I realized that I nor any other person speaking on my behalf, was under any obligation to answer personal questions. I hate confrontations, I want to live in harmony – why can’t everyone just get along? I know that these people care greatly about me and have helped me many times in the past, but that still does not obligate me to disclose what I consider to be private information to them.
Then, after I took a few deep breaths and decided how to handle such matters in the future, I gradually realized that these people were merely pawns in the big scheme of things which comprise my life.
They did not intentionally attempt to irritate me or invade my privacy. However, it certainly is no coincidence that 3 separate people were nosing around the same topic on the same day.
Apparently this was a lesson I needed to learn, or maybe two lessons, or maybe I will discover yet another lesson as I continue to think about it.
Meanwhile:
Lesson 1 : You don’t have to answer a question just because somebody asked it.
Lesson 2 : You can control your mood by looking deep inside for the lessons life is sending to you. Once you acknowledge the lesson and take away a new tidbit of wisdom, you can dismiss the aggravation and give thanks for the awesome way that God and the universe align things – just for YOU!
And so I did… I accepted it, forgave them and said a prayer for them, and thanked God for the lessons… and then, another good thing happened today, at 10:30pm – with a whole hour and a half to spare!
It’s been a wonderful week!
