For Lent this past year, I decided I was going to give up getting mad in traffic. Took me a week or so to get in that groove. Unorthodox, yes, and perhaps not exactly the sort of spirituality people are typically going for, but I’d done all of the vices/habits, and didn’t feel like I had the mental bandwidth for anything more involving.
It’s been one of the best things I’ve done this year. Whether I’m arriving at work or at home, I’m relaxed and ready to go. It’s just amazing how much nicer everyone is now!
That’s ridiculous, of course. It’s the same traffic it always was, with the same percentage of assholes it always contained. I’m just choosing not to engage it now. (Well, I haven’t been perfect, but almost, and I made that time a growth opportunity.)
Reckon how broadly that mindset is applicable?
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