When the day doesn’t meet your expectations
How much of our pain is coming from trying to control every little thing that happens in our lives, a fundamentally impossible proposition? One area where this plays out is how we expect our days to go. We want them to be smooth, straight-forward, and easy. Yet those days are rare. We spend all of the other days fighting the reality of our lives, and say that it isn't going how it is "supposed to."
Try This
Wouldn't it be more helpful to set our expectations that our days will be bouncy (ups, downs, stresses, joys) and then embrace whatever happens? When you wake up in the morning, try saying this to yourself: "This day will be bouncy, not smooth. That doesn't mean that I've done something wrong; it is just the nature of life. I am going to embrace my day no matter what happens, and find joy in the living of it."
Does it change your experience? Let us know.
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