Before You get Frustrated Read This. 2019
Before You get Frustrated Read This: Why Frustration makes us Unhappy? How Can we Get True Happiness.
A business man was rushing down
the street by holding a cup of tea because he was late for a meeting. It was a
really important one for him and wanted to make it there on time. It was at
that moment that one other man bumped into him and made him spill all of his
all coffee all over his brand new suit.
Now, not only was he late for
this meeting but he was also covered in coffee. He was totally furious,
frustrated and angry, but what could do?
Now, if we ask this question,
why did he spill the coffee?
The obvious answer is: someone
who wasn't paying attention bumped into him. And that’s the wrong answer. The
real answer is, the man spill coffee because that’s what was in his cup. If he
had tea in his cup, he would've split tea. If he had orange juice in his cup,
he would've split orange juice. If he had water in his cup, he would've split
water.
Whatever is inside our cup or
mind is what will spill out? When life will come and shake us and rattle us or
push us which are inevitable. It’s what we’re holding onto or what’s inside us
that spills over. And when that happens, what comes out from our cup could be frustration,
anger, stress or pressure. Or it could be forgiveness, joy and empathy. So, we
have to ask ourselves, what’s in our cup? When life gets tough what spills
over? Is it gratitude, healing kindness and compassion? Is it negativity, poisonous
feelings and beliefs and hurt? When things are going smoothly we’re not even
aware of what we’re holding onto or inside of us.
Sometimes we don’t even
recognize or identify something until we’re shaken and it’s true. Until
something negative happens. Today let’s be proactive. Let’s start filling our cups
with forgiveness, empathy and kindness. So when we’re shaken, that’s what will
come out.
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