It's Like Learning To Ride A Bike

Something to keep in mind today:

 

No matter what obstacles may come at you today--just remember that sometimes change can be a good thing. Learning to enjoy the ride is one of the best things you can do for yourself.

By keeping a positive outlook on life you can learn to let the little things go. Not every conversation that doesn't go your way, off-hand comment, or parking ticket has to be a big ordeal. Especially now, in the days of social media, people want to update everyone on every little thing that happens in their lives--but how many of those posts are positive versus negative? Take a survey of your homepage..right now. How many of the posts were complaining? How many were praising?

It seems to me that it's easier to talk about the bad things happening in our day to day lives than the good things. Is that because we like to complain? Or is it because we don't want to seem boastful? I know that personally I would much rather see posts from people talking about how fantastic their lives are as opposed to people complaining about menial things that may have happened. (Yes, I do realize this is kinda like me complaining about people complaining haha!)

Learning to enjoy all aspects of life, good or bad, takes time and practice....just like learning to ride a bike. I'm asking all of you to do just that today! Learn to ride the proverbial bike today and try to appreciate the lessons you learn from the things that may go wrong in your day!

If the barista gives you the wrong cup of coffee--it's a chance for you to try something new! Who knows, you might like your coffee with extra foam and hazelnut, but you wouldn't know it without that mix up, would you? ;)

If you overhear someone gossiping about you and they say you're uptight and a prude, that might hurt. It also might open the door for you to look at yourself in a new light and realize you are kind of uptight and you could learn to let down your hair sometime.

If you have a fight with your significant other over something trivial, use that as a lesson. That lesson would be learning to pick your battles. Is it really worth it to fight about who took the trash out last? Is it worth an argument to decide who picks what you're having for dinner? Choose these wisely because otherwise you'll end up with a lot of wasted energy on something that could've been easily solved.

If you do learn to ride that bike, please let me know how it went! Did it change your outlook? Did you feel happier today because of it? Or are you one of those people that just can't let things go and ended up falling off the bike and walking home? I'd love to hear all instances!

xoxo