A Lesson in Anger

Monday, January 02, 2012

Positive thought of the day: 

I treat others the way I wish to be treated.  (from Louise L. Hay)

So this morning I tried out my first day with my new morning routine. Well, it would work better if I actually got up when I said I was going to. The alarm went off and I got up and reset it for an hour later and went back to bed.  Bad, bad , bad. Well, I laid there in bed having an internal fight with myself that I really should not be back in bed and should be doing my routine but then the other me would say but I don’t want to be awake yet. Well, I was back out of bed in 20 minutes! I didn’t do the 5 minutes of meditation or the 10 minutes of stretching or exercise that I had planned but I did manage to get everything else on my routine done. I even had some breakfast. Yay me!

After my shower and getting dressed I came down stairs and let the dog out. While he was out, I posted the positive thought of the day to my Facebook status. I was feeling pretty good about things until I had to go out and save the dog from the monster pine tree in the back yard. He had managed to get himself tangled up in some low branches. I had to go out in the cold and the dark and rescue him. I was sputtering about it until all of a sudden on the way back to the house I thought about the positive thought of the day. Treating others the way I wish to be treated doesn’t stop at just other human beings. Turbo, our dog, needed me and I got upset about it because I had to go out in the cold and dark to get him. I wouldn’t want someone to get upset with me if I need them for something. There have been times in the not so distant past that I was in need of a friend and reached out to someone that just brushed me aside even after I voiced several times that I needed a friend. It really hurt. I ended up being glad that I was able to help Turbo get out of the tree and back inside where it was warm so he could eat his breakfast too.

I drove to work feeling much better about myself than I had when I woke up. I cranked the music and sang with all my heart!

Work was pretty good today. I was starting to stress a bit at times but was able to manage to calm down. My day went from pretty good to completely awesome when an unexpected someone noticed my hair cut right away. It really made my day and I made sure to thank the person too! I drove home on cloud 9.  Hehe

My three MITs (most important tasks) for today were:

1. Work at least 15 minutes on the kitchen/dishes

2. Work on a before bed routine

3. School work (new class started today)

At this time, 8:48pm, I have the before bed routine figured out and have worked on school work and delegated the 15 minutes in the kitchen to my son.

The Daily challenge today on www.meyouhealth.com was: Strengthen core muscles with 5 bridge stretches. I did this after having to fight off the dog. He took the opportunity of me being on the floor to smoother me with kisses. I laughed so hard.

My Before Bed – Saturday thru Wednesday

Get my lunch together for the next day

Get my clothes out for the next day

Brush teeth

Moisturize

Clean cat box

Let the dog out

Swish & Swipe *

*swish & swipe is a FlyLady thing. You do a quick swish of the toilet bowl with the brush and swipe down the outside of the bowl, the bathroom sink and the mirror.

My three MITs for tomorrow:

1. Spend at least 15 minutes working in the kitchen

2. Schoolwork

3. Get the Christmas decorations down and put away

January Mantra:

I am open and receptive to all the good in the Universe. (from Louise L. Hay 2012 calendar You Can Heal Your Life.)

Quotes for the day:

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to any on which it is poured.  ~Mark Twain

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.  ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.   ~Thomas Kempis

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it as someone else; you are the one who gets burned.  ~Buddha