When growing up we would think everything was extremely important and detrimental. No one could convince us that what we considered so important at the time would not really matter the following day, one month later or even one year later. Is that tendency to worry innate or is it something pushed on us by society?🤔

I remember working with someone with a horrible temper which would trigger at the drop of a hat. I remember saying to him was the situation really that important that you need to get that upset? He was taken aback for a while and this might have been the first time he stopped and did not run headlong into the proverbial fire. He and I had a real conversation that day. I said to him, whenever he felt the need to lash out he needed to ask himself if it would matter now, tomorrow, next week, a year from now or five years from now. This forced him to stop and not react immediately. He said this was the first time he had thought like that. Nobody had said to him before that he should think before reacting. He would always get in trouble because of his way of thinking. This is something I had to learn very early in life. Think before reacting. Does it really matter? How do you react when something causes you to get upset? Do you stop and think or do you just go right into the “fight”?

It’s not only the issues with getting upset at the drop of a hat but something simple like what you consider a slight by someone. It could be saying something in the spur of the moment which you then consider stupid and living that moment over and over again. When you stop and think about it you realize no one else cares. It’s only you that care as no one else is concerned. Or it could be that they might have cared but just simply moved on while you are still focused on the past. It took me a while to realize the past is gone and there is nothing we can do to change it. So as I asked, will it matter in the near future or further down the road?

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