Conversation – 17

@Sheba 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Good Afternoon Sheba and happy Thursday to you.
It’s a sunny and extremely windy day here.
I hope your day is going well, you and Poppy are having great walks, and bike rides.
Butterflies are a good sign Spring is in the air. Soon your lovely garden will be blooming.
🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Take Care Sheba. 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

Letting Go Of The Little Stuff

When we stop worrying about unimportant matters, we can devote so much more of ourselves to what is truly important.

We experience numerous disappointments each and every day. Our expectations go unmet, our plans are blocked by circumstance, our wishes go unfulfilled, and we discover that our lives are subject to a myriad of forces beyond our conscious control. In some cases, our response is powerful because we must invest ourselves and our resources to overcome genuine hardship. In others, our reactions are far more passionate than our circumstances likely warrant. The tension that permeates our bodies and minds when we are late for an event, interrupted at work, or sitting in traffic is not inappropriate, but it can interfere with our well-being in profound ways. When we stop worrying about relatively unimportant matters, we can be at peace and devote so much more of ourselves to what is truly important.

The small frustrations and irritations wield such power over us because they rob us of the illusion of control. But every problem is a potential teacher–a confusing situation is an opportunity to practice mindfulness, and difficult people provide us with opportunities to display compassion. There is a natural human tendency to invest copious amounts of emotional energy in minor dilemmas and frustrations in order to avoid confronting those more complex issues that are largely outside the realm of our control. The intensity of our response provides us with a temporary sense of personal power that helps us cope with challenges that might otherwise overwhelm us. But it is only when we let the little stuff go that we discover that the big stuff is not really so devastating after all.

In the stress of a singularly tense incident, differentiating between an inconsequential annoyance and a legitimate challenge can seem a monumental task. Ask yourself whether the emotions you are feeling will be as vivid in a year, a day, or even an hour. As focused as you are on this moment in time, your reward for letting go of your emotional investment may be the very happiness and harmony of being whose loss you are lamenting. Needless aggravation is seldom worth the cost it exacts. You cannot distance yourself from life’s inconsistencies, irritations, and upheavals, but you can relinquish your desire for perfect order and gain peace of mind in the process. AMEN! ✨✨

@kittengirl,

Good morning in Cali wishing you and your family a blessed day. ✨✨

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. ✨😘Hey your sister is a social butterfly I mean she really gets
around on her Cruises. 😘✨Go Sis!

How lucky to actually be going Melbourne, Australia. 💕✨No worries she will be home
soon.

Enjoy the day Oz is warm and sunny. 😎😎😘

@taci,

Good morning in S. California and may this be a good day for hiking. ✨

Taci I hope you have not run into anymore snakes. Hey I had a beautiful Butterfly
comes to me on my outdoor patio. Poppy was running about and I know who it was. 💕😘✨

Hey Happy Trails and stay safe. 🎶🎶🎶

@oodiebom,

Good afternoon on the Gulf Coast. ✨I did read your post from I think last night.

Oodie you were on the move a lot yesterday. I hope you get some well deserved rest.

Yeah the week has flown by. How are you doing today? I like the fact your husband drove
instead of you. Happy Passover and rest up Trivia Queen. 😘😜✨

@xango,

Good afternoon in sunny Florida. ✨✨Oz has sun and some warmth today we even
have butterflies. I am loving it. 💕😘✨

Sending you a Thursday shout out! I wish I could stop by and sample some of your
goodies. 😜😜

This is for you love ya. 😘✨😜

@defg,

Good day in Maryland hope all is well with you and hubby. Enjoy this beautiful
Spring weather. ✨✨

@ddshoppy,

Good morning D in S. California may this be a great day for you. ✨😘💕

@loaf,

Good day in the Rock and Roll City and may this beautiful day be a good one for you. 😘😎✨

I know you love Tulips so here you go. 😘✨😎

Today’s agenda… R&R (relax & rosé 😉).

This is HSN and this is how we do it. 😎😘

Liz in her garden and I love it. ✨😎

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