Well, let's just say I didn't welcome the darkness and cold this morning at all. For whatever reason I've had a hard time this autumn waking up in the early morning darkness. And I was even more cranky this morning when I left the house to walk the dogs and my hands instantly froze.
Fifteen minutes later in the car I recognized my cranky mood and quickly re-adjusted my attitude. By now I know it's a waste of my energy to get upset about something I can't control and weather is one of the best examples.
What a great skill I've learned over the years: recognizing when I'm headed down a cranky path and having enough awareness to stop, take inventory, pray and/or meditate and take actions toward a better emotional direction.
Sometimes this is hard to do regardless of how much practice I've had.
Acceptance is really the answer to all of my problems. Any time I'm discontent, it's usually because I cannot or will not accept something about some person, situation or thing. As someone else once said, we cannot change the wind, but we can change our sails. Have you ever tried to run against the wind? Not fun!
The last couple years of my life I've really tried hard to concentrate on the areas of my life that I have the most control: diet, exercise, sleep, my job, and my interpersonal relationships.
It's worked out pretty well. A lot of my relationships are so much better these days and mostly because I changed. Funny how that works!
Here's to many years of growth, adaptation and plenty of ACCEPTANCE!
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