An avid proponent for continued self-growth/-discovery/-healing, it's difficult to observe so many around me [friends and strangers alike] dwelling on seemingly trite issues. And then I deflate my head a bit, step down from my pedestal, and recall the days when my own trite issues monopolized my thoughts. Life is hard.
Life is hard. But then all the more reason for us to stare it right back in its face and demand a compromise. If only it was that easy, right? Little credit do we give ourselves to realize it can be that easy, if only we took the time to retrain our thought processes and responses to Life's little - and not so little - bumps in the road.
Though optimism is an attitude I've always striven for, it's taken me until my solid mid-twenties to really grasp this concept and force it to materialize into my daily routine(s) [b'c Lord knows, there are several bumps to get over throughout a full 24hr day, 365 days a year]. And it took me well into my late-twenties before it felt truly natural [but undeniably healthy, refreshing, and cleansing]. I really had to make a concerted effort to try and observe from the outside, in. Doing this allows you a moment [albeit brief, at times] for rational thinking, which results in a better likelihood of rational responses. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it is only natural [and healthy] to yield to our irrationally raw emotions, but in the large scheme of things, if we truly think about what causes us to react in such a way, it's nothing more than our bruised egos staking claim for acknowledgment. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I'd like to believe we are all bigger - and better - than a bruised ego.
