I had decided about a week ago when I was getting new shoes for Christmas that my New Year Resolution would be to wear socks. I ruin a lot of shoes from not wearing socks - but I recently read some "click bait" that got me thinking.
The name of the article was 10 Ways You're Making Your Life Harder Than It Has To Be. My first thought was, "I wonder how much of this will apply to a specific person that irritates me because they make everything so difficult." I realized at number one, this article targeted myself: number 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9 were all true about myself. I also noticed that the resolution to all of these problems would result in bettering my happiness in life. Recently I've heard "life is too short" from a number of people, and I have to admit it. Life is way too short to worry about things in life that really do not matter.
About a month ago, I was called into the Head Principal's office. Mr. Beierschmitt. We were talking about a speech I was going to deliver at the School Board meeting, and we began to talk about what was going on in our lives. I told him of the recent events going on: moving a lot, divorce, and other let downs. He grabbed a small jar off of his desk. It was filled with rice, which I found peculiar. He began to slowly dump the rice out, and he told me, "do you know what these are? They're rice! They are very small, like a lot of the problems we face are very small."
As he finished saying this, a large pecan fell from the jar. He said, "But even though we have a lot of small problems, we should really focus on the BIG ones!"
He is right. We need to be taking a look at the bigger picture and what is really important in life, which for myself is being happy. I want to be happy - happier!
-KatieJoye
This is exactly right. I still have self-inflicted worries. But each year I have a goal to have less. And so far it is working out. Don't sweat the small stuff. And it is most all small stuff. Getting better at this each year can be a big part of growing up instead of just growing old. You words are wise and you are wise to get an early start.
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