I decided to talk about this, because it always amazes me how quickly life/karma (whichever you want to believe) hits you in the face. Right when you start to waste your time on angry, frustrated or annoyed thoughts, life steps in.
This has seemed to be happening to me more and more lately. Maybe its because I have started looking for it, or maybe its because I have reached a point in my life where every thought or idea is put into perspective. I think I'll have to stand up for myself and say it's a little of both. I have a great friend who taught me to think about it before overreacting, she says, "If it doesn't matter in five years, then it doesn't matter now." I try and live by this motto, however every now and again a little wasted frustration slips in.
It wasn't until last night at 2 AM that I realized karma had gotten me. Life had thrown something at me, and it put everything into perspective. I found myself there, at 2 AM, thinking how stupid every thought I was having about a situation was. I heard something that caused me to snap into the present and remember none of the miniscule frustrations in my life are actual problems, instead they are just wasting my energy on things that I will never remember in five years.
There is no reason to hold grudges, there is no reason to be so upset about something that isn't going to matter, and there is no reason to hold someone else accountable for causing you to feel that way. The only person that makes you angry, upset, annoyed, or frustrated is YOU. If you didn't allow youself to feel that way, then you never would.
I guess that Dave Matthews puts this into perspective for me everytime I hear that song, but more than anything I have a greater perspective when life tells it to me.
It all depends on how we look at things, and not
on how things are in themselves. The least of things
with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of
things without it.
- Carl Jung
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