For most of us the largest and most invasive part of life is ourselves or, ME. Despite the outer bravado, most people are struggling within. It could be a new wrinkle showing up by the mouth or a lousy phone call the night before that sets us off kilter causing us to turn within. It could even be the new puppy leaving a stain by the coffee table or, that UFO that landed in your back yard and dumped its garbage into your garden.
Dealing with ourselves will also make us harder to deal with for others. Let it go! A wrinkle here or there should not affect friends or family and, who knows, that wrinkle might make you look more distinguished to some. “Wow, that wrinkle on that face makes that person look more distinguished!” Not likely, granted, but you get the gist. I mean, I am in my late seventies so a wrinkle making me look distinguished is a monumental stretch. It’s more like people look at me measuring for a coffin.
I don’t mind, I stay as cheerful as this world allows and though I am aware of most of what is going on. I keep it at arms length. If it affects me I deal with it immediately and end it if possible. It is just that I have learned that I am a worrier and for all the worrying I’ve done I know that worry changed none of it while action did. Move to rectify that which you can and hold the rest at bay. An immovable object, like a pyramid, is a thing you walk around, not through. Next time you visit Egypt remember what I said here.
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