It’s Not Going to Make or Break Life

[cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Exaggeration – well all do it. We all make events in our life out to be bigger than they really are. With all the flaws mankind has this is high up on my list as the most irritating. Even though it is tiresome to me I find myself making things a bigger deal than they really are. Sometimes it is hard to remember most things are not going to make or break life.

For example, when driving I do not care for slow drivers in the left lane. It can be infuriating when I get behind them and they insist on staying in the left lane – even after they know I would like to get around them. Yet, I need to consider is arriving at my destination 2 minutes later going to break my life? In 99.9% of cases it will not. So, even though that slow driver is being inconsiderate (and that is indicative of a larger flaw for that driver), being behind them going slower than what I would like is not going to break my life.

It does not have to be driving, there are many cases where we make a big deal out of infinitely small issues. We can try to order a cheeseburger when they are out of cheese, or want a Pepsi and the restaurant serves Coke. Sometimes a company does not offer a product or service we think they should and we get bent out of shape, even suing in certain circumstances. Perhaps it is spending your paycheck on lottery tickets and then getting mad when you do not win. It can even be as small as an ink pen running out of ink. In all of these circumstances we will not die, our lives will continue on just fine, it is our reaction that makes the situation toxic.

When we start approaching situations and circumstances with the question, “Will this make or break my life?” our reactions will start to be more appropriate, (and dare I say less self-serving). No matter how much an ink pen may mean it running out of ink will not be the end of us. No matter how much we love cheese we can eat a hamburger without it. Unless it is a matter of life or death – ie food allergies – then these things are simply inconveniences, and we should have a different attitude to inconveniences than we do true life or death situations.

Let us start curbing our reactions, let us start thinking in larger terms. Most things in life that bother us in life are rather small, minute, mere inconveniences. In the end we can either drink a Coke, water, tea or something else. These things are not going to make or break our lives, so let’s start living like the don’t. A better, more freeing life awaits those who approach life as such.

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