Yesterday morning started fine and then quickly went down hill.
I got up, had my coffee, read some blogs and then got dressed to run.
My run went well. The dog didn't poop where she was supposed to, but she did poop not far from a garbage can at the middle school so I didn't have to carry a plastic bag of warm poop for another 2.5 miles. Yay!
I returned home and checked email. And that's when things went down hill. I had a very unpleasant email from a very unpleasant person who berated me in a very unpleasant way for something someone else hadn't done, which it turned out they actually had.
It didn't exactly put me in a good frame of mind.
Initially, I wanted to be grumpy. I wanted to be pissed off at everyone. I wanted to have a bad day and blame it on the email.
Instead, I decided to attack my day with happiness and kindness. I gave myself 15 minutes to be pissed off. And then I let it go. I read some positive quotes. I joked with my husband. I let rude drivers go in front of me. I smiled at strangers. I held the door for someone in my office building. I let someone go ahead of me at the grocery store.
And you know what? It worked. I chose not to let my day be funky. I chose to do something to turn it around.
It was a good day.
***Ally
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12 comments:
Good for you!!!
Ally, you handled that exactly how I would have thought you would handle something like that. With grace. Because you are amazing that way. Sorry you got a stinky email, my friend.
I can kick some ass if you want. Just let me know.
HUGSss
:-)
Sometimes faking it til you make it with the good day stuff really does work! Sounds like a crappy thing to come home to after a good run but good for you. I'm learning this...some days are just funky and its amazing how much of a difference it makes in ME to do things that will adjust my attitude.
Great post. Thanks!
That's awesome that you turned it around to make it a better day! It's hard to do, but you did it!
Email programs should have an automatic 15 minute save option so you can reread it. Then send it.
No better way to fix the problem!! The trick is to be able to do it all the time. Reading this post pumped me up! Thank you Ally xo
This post makes me grin. There is so much to be said for, "Our attitude is what we choose for it to be." Good for you for handling the pissy email well.
I'm bookmarking this post just for the reminder. I LOVE that you handled it this way.
This is the right attitude to have and always live by. Makes life so much easier. Good for you!!! :)
This awesome post made me smile! We love to tell our kids "No one can make you feel a certain way," but I think we forget to take our own advice. Why let someone else ruin our day? :)
Well I was going to say poo on the email...because of the obvious pun...
I am so glad that you were able to pull yourself out of that funk. Don't let other people drag you down!
I'm so proud! You took back the power and didn't let it ruin your day!
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