Yesterday I was with a friend finding myself talking about a person that really upset me. I even said the word, “Karma” about this person because I felt they used me. After I got home I realized that this issue was still festering in me. I had the option to stay angry with this individual, (they are undoubtedly not giving what happened a second thought,) or I can learn from it and move on.

Our anger is optional. It has been two years since the incident and I have the option to continue to let is piss me off or forgive and move on. I laugh now because as I have mentioned numerous times, we learn from our actions and our triggers. I’m the one wasting time thinking about what happened, letting my mind boil over with anger. How I turned the converstation around was to state, “I hope she is enjoying what she kept from me because she probably needed it more than I did”, (Time to move on Alexis.)

No one will go through life not getting upset with someone or becoming irritated of someone’s actions. This is called a normal life. What we can do is opt to change our behavior towards these unsightful life challenges. Heck, our anger may not even be towards a person, it could be from burning a meal, picking up leaves while not wearing gloves and digging into a gift your dog left you (yep…that happened to me yesterday), or something happens that changes your entire life, such as an illness. These are all lessons we are to learn to help us with our moods while challenging us to find the lesson in the events.

So my lesson is: We can recognize our anger (because everyone gets angry at times,) and figure out why we are so angry, move on, and live our lives. I can wash my hands (although I about puked when I had dog poop under my fingernails), we can remake a meal or go out, we can change our circle of people we hang out with that seem to irritate us, and we can alter our life to make the best life we possibly can with an illness. No matter what causes us anger, we can either let our anger ruin our day, days, months, years, or life, or we can learn from the anger and move on to live a happier, healthier, and wiser life.

Trust the Journey and Life Lessons

Alexis