Relax, life’s too short to be filled with negative emotion.
Have you ever gotten into a fight with anyone? Or are you still angry at that driver who sped up just to cut in front of you on your daily drive? What about that telemarketer who calls when you are trying to enjoy a cup of coffee while reading this blog?
If you are like me, you most likely have experienced this negative emotion toward other human beings. Sometimes it might be so bad that you just want to run your foot up their arse just to for the fun of it.
When you are filled with these type of emotions, you have to ask yourself, is it really worth it? Let’s do some simple math, assuming you can live up to be 99 years old. We already know that 1/3 of your life is spend sleeping, so you actually only have 66 years of life.
Now, if we consider education and work, that’s another 1/3 of your life lost. So you really have 33 years of actual life. Now, let’s assume you eat breakfast in 30 min, lunch in 30 min, and diner in 60 min. that’s 2 hours per day for food or 1/12 of your life. That’s 8.25 years lost, just for eating. So now you are down to roughly 25 years. In this 25 years you have to include time for holiday, time to travel, time to write, time to read, time to play, time for courtship, time to have children, time to get married…. you get my point. Do you really have the time for these negative emotions? I don’t.
So, my suggestions is that if you want to live pleasantly, try to never hold grudges, try to forgive and forget and always think in a positive terms instead of negative. Trust me, no one is out there just to pick on you.
Take the driver to sped up just to cut in line for example, it might be that they really have no idea where they are going, Are you sure that the driver intentionally picked you from the busy road that you were driving to cut in line? What if they were new to the city and simply saw a sign that informs them the lane you are in would help them reach their destination?
Thinking in a positive manner sounds unrealistic, but if you can truly accomplish this level of mental control, life would be way better.