Reaction and response

As I took my dog for a walk today, I picked up my reading glasses s I was expecting a text from somebody. I kept it in my pocket and when I reached back, it wasn’t there. I must have dropped it while on the trail. I went back but to no avail. So I was sad but I thought what is done is done. It’s my mistake; I should not have taken it.

I thought I’d go and get my nails done and pickup some groceries. The line at the nail spa was long so I booked an appointment and went for my grocery shopping. One by one I went to four stores but still could not find things I was looking for. To top it all I could not get a parking spot in three of them for at least 7-8 minutes. Twice as I was about to park, someone claimed the spot even when my indicator was on. I was upset now.

Came home and realized I couldn’t write my blog as there were no glasses. I didn’t feel like writing. Fortunately I remembered I had an old pair. So I took that out and finally am writing now. Why am I discussing this all?  Because when I came home, my dog wanted to lick me and sit in my lap. But I was in no mood. But then I realized it is not his fault.

So I responded and sat with him for five minutes. This made me realize a few things.

There are days when nothing will go right but what we do about it is in our hands.

I finally decided to respond instead of reacting. This made me calm down and the result is before you.

So accept that Murphy’s Law will happen but whether you react or you respond, is in your hands.