20 Apr Letting life get to you

Letting life get to you

I remember one day while I was at work, one of my guys from the back came in complaining of clients and factory delays. He was so upset and was just really letting it get to him. I couldn’t help but laugh, and he turned to look at me like he thought I was nuts.

He wanted to know what I thought was so funny. I explained that I had just written a blog about being happy and that all the stuff that happens with this business or my business means nothing when it comes to my inner happiness.

Yes, things are going to go wrong. Clients are going to yell, but none of it will affect my happiness. This is not what makes my life complete. Yes, we all have to work for a living, but it’s not who you are truly.

It’s not the end all to be all, it is what you have to do to pay the bills, and if you happen to love your job it’s that much easier but it still doesn’t give you all your happiness.

So if it’s a bad day, am I going to let it affect my joy? Oh hell no, I am going to laugh it off and go on with my happy self, piss on you! You will not steal my joy!
People, so many of you take life so seriously, you need to laugh, because life is way too short, so put it in perspective.

I’ll never forget this one day when me and my girlfriend and I were riding our bikes on the boardwalk. It was a beautiful midweek day, and we both happened to be lucky enough to be off and enjoy it. There was hardly anyone on the boardwalk. The wind was blowing, the ocean was blue and flat, and it was just the most perfect day to be at the beach.

We were driving side by side just talking about how lucky we were to be here and enjoying this day, when this older lady came from the other direction and screamed at us, “SINGLE FILE!!!”

She was so angry that we weren’t riding a single file on the bike path. Her face was red, the veins were coming out in her neck, and she had her fist in a ball waving it at us. Yes, she was that pissed off!!

Well… I started to laugh so hard I almost fell off my bike. Really? It’s a beautiful day. We are alive and healthy to be able to do this. Is this what is going to set you off? Really? Because we are not riding our bikes in a single file line? When there is nobody on the beach?

I laughed for a good 20 minutes because I felt sorry for her for being so angry about something so minor. You have a problem, and dear God, I don’t ever want those problems.

So today, my friends, I am here to tell you to enjoy every second you are given. Be fully present in the moment, laugh loud and often. Let the stresses of work go, and let the stresses of life go, because worrying about them changes nothing! Nothing!

Tell me one time that your worrying affected the outcome of something? Never! So why waste that emotion? Let it go, be happy, break out of your single file life, and laugh!!

I promise you, things will look so much better when you do.
“Be the change you want to see,”
@TreadmillTreats