Every once in a while, I wake up ticked off at the whole world. I'm pretty sure that this happens to everyone at one time or another, although I don't know this for a fact. Anyway, on these mornings, I feel that there is nothing right in the world and all I see is what's wrong.
One morning, I'm standing on a second floor balcony looking down at the street out front. There are cars and people passing by and I'm judging every single one of them. I start criticizing their hair, clothes, cleanliness of their cars (which is hilarious, given the condition my car is in!), the way they walked, the way they drove. Nothing escaped my notice.
Then I had a thought: Gee, I wonder why you are in a bad mood?
Lucky for me (and anyone else I might encounter on these days) I've learned that I can start my day over anytime I want. I have a mentor who shows me how to navigate through the little (and large) troubles that life can bring. She has taught me to stop, ask for a little assistance from the old HP, let go of the negativity, take a nice deep breath and go on from there. And this is what I did.
I started praying for the people I was looking at. "God, please send him an extra angel to help him with his struggles today. And send an angel to that woman walking her dog. Oh, and that girl in the blue car, I bet she could use some extra help today, too! That guy carrying all those grocery bags needs an angel to make sure he doesn't drop them." I sent angels to everybody, even to their family members.
Before too long, I was in a much better mood. I began to laugh at myself for dragging all my negativity out onto the balcony with me, flinging it at the world then wondering why I was so crabby. Sometimes, I think the old HP made humans just so He can be entertained.
Have a good and sober day.
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