How to Be The Change
Take control of what you can, in truth, control.
Grocery shopping today was not fun. Granted, for some people, this is always a chore and never fun. I, however, enjoy perusing the aisles, both getting what I came for and sometimes discovering something on sale that might be good (uniquely flavored seltzers, for example).
Why wasn’t it fun? Because people were being rude. Some were intentional, just pushing past and giving sour looks. Others were utterly oblivious. Zero situational awareness, leaving their carts in the way, holding conversations mid-aisle, and just paying no attention to anyone else.
This can be infuriating. How can people be so oblivious to everyone and everything? If this irks me, doesn’t it irk you, too? Why are you so oblivious?
Trouble is, I have no control of other people and who, what, where, how, or why they are, whatsoever. I can’t make anyone pay attention, be aware, stop being rude, or do anything at all. In other words, I have absolutely no control here in the slightest.
What can I do? All I can do is be the change I wish to see. Rise above the petty BS and be the best me that I can be.
SUPER IMPORTANT NOTE HERE: Rising above does NOT in any way, shape, or form, mean being better than, superior to, or otherwise “above”…
