This is something I am realizing. I am reading a book and it's not the focus of the book. However, reading about other people's experiences has opened my eyes a whole lot. Firstly, that we all go through some tough and horrible experiences. Secondly, that everyone has to deal with irritations and inconveniences. I'm not the only person who had a big dream and vision, pursued it and it turned into something completely the opposite, was let down and had to walk away. The more I read and listen to other people, I feel like we're all just trying to cope with unfair and annoying things the best we can.

My mind tends to say "It's just me and MY life sucks and it's worse than everyone else's. No one else has to deal with all the BS I go through. I have bad luck and a lot of misfortune." Actually, I realized everyone does.

I drop a dry washcloth while showering and it gets soaked. OMG. And then all the swearing about how unfair my life is and how terrible it is...all because a washcloth fell. I mean. In the grand scheme of things, this is hardly the worst thing that has happened to me. Or. I went to move something and knocked over my empty water bottle and had to pick it up. OMG. CUSSING. Life is awful!

I just knocked over a water bottle and it took a few seconds to fix it. My point is...sometimes the mind turns a molehill into a mountain. I'm not going to say these things are not irritating, because I wouldn't act that way if they weren't. But do they deserve as much energy as I am giving them? Or is it really such a catastrophe that my entire day is now ruined just because I accidentally dropped something or knocked it over? I think this is making too much out of something small. I am learning to expend less energy on these little inconveniences. I no longer tell myself I personally have bad luck, no longer believe I am haunted by misfortune. This perspective is helping to take some of the edge off me and help me relax a bit more, not take everything so seriously. Not everything has to be a big deal.

I wanted to share my insight in case someone else may find insight in it too and it might help them in some way.