I am calm by nature and calmed by it. In situations where there is nothing I can do about it I've never understood why people get aggravated. Traffic is one of them. Once it's clear that one is stuck in it, I have a good collection of music and sing myself through it.
In fact, I stopped car sharing because certain colleagues would bang on steering wheels, swearing. We won't get there any faster.
It snowed again. I stepped out to see if I was up for a walk. The sun was shining, it was beautiful. A person with issues was talking to me. I'm in a good mood, but was not in the mood for conversation. He was doing this to everyone who walked by. I decided to wait. By the time he was gone so was the sun.
A few hours later I stepped outside again. There was a little snow, about a foot, it was still coming down and it was so pretty that I simply took in this moment. Snowflakes reflecting lights. Fresh snow without tire marks. Calm and not windy. In the past I would have put on my snowboots and gone for an invigorating stomp.
Still dealing with long covsssh, so I enjoyed the moment. A father with his teenage daughters was walking by wanting to take a pic because it was so pretty. I hate snow one complained. This is sh..t the other agreed. Just enjoy it I thought. These moments are few and not that small.
A couple of tennants in flats near mine have issues too and one will talk your ears off if you let him. I've learned to say Hello M and keep walking.
ReplyDeleteCodex: This guy was yelling good morning and exercising in the street.
DeleteI think it's Japan where people who are suffering from mental stuff are prescribed a walk in nature. My sister was constantly aggravated. Life in general seemed to aggravate her. Probably why she stroked out. I'm rarely aggravated, easier to just go with the flow, don't expect the world to dance to my tune, just accept what's happening. Like my Saturday not going as planned. It was fine anyway. Be here now.
ReplyDeleteThey do that in other countries too. Severely autistic kids calm down in the forest.
DeleteIt depends what's going on. I vent on occasionally. More so now, but whining and complaining about nothing or to strangers in public. No.
I think complaining becomes just habitual for some people and they don't rest in their Peace or know how to Restore their Soul and come back to Center. I am Calm by Nature too and in Natural Settings I am in sync with all that is around me that is so wonderful and fills me with Peace and Awe of all of Creation. We live in a fast paced World and many just can't disconnect from it long enuf to realize how much is available to them at no Cost, that the Natural World bestows daily and has to just be enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteCodex: That's a very good way of putting it. Exactly that. I needed a moment with the snow and the incessant whining about it? Can't stand it. Everyone has something going on at some point.
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