Get Over Yourself
Honestly – Get Over Yourself…
My city is not getting destroyed by artillery fire ---- I don’t have to worry about where my next meal is coming from ----- I am not saddled with student debt ---- the women in my life have appropriate health care and can make their own decisions as to what will be done with their bodies ---- I can live anywhere I want... which is an appropriate segue for this week’s topic.
I have a house on which I am working. It is taking what I have come to believe is an extraordinary amount of time. There are many reasons for the delays. The fact that people are working hard and making their best efforts on my behalf is NOT the problem. They are doing everything possible to help me live more comfortably than the majority of humans on this planet. However, yesterday I received news that the project had another delay and would be another three months to completion. My reaction was out of scale to the issue. Yes, it is inconvenient but no, it is not life threatening . Honestly, I need to get over myself. Maybe those of us who are fortunate need to take stock of how how good fortune arrived at our doorstep. The largess that has come our way is not because we are better people it is only that we are more fortunate.
I am told by my many spiritual and religious advisors that “self – forgiveness” is a positive step to moving beyond the wrongs that we have committed. I guess this blog is a little self-forgiveness but more importantly it is an acknowledgment that we all should take stock of where we are in life and the good fortune that has been bestowed upon us. Maybe “getting over ourselves” is a little reminder that many of the believed egregious problems we become angry over are the result of our good fortune. Taking our inconveniences out on others is a cowardly approach to dealing with problems. Much of life offers us great pleasure which we might choose to ignore over the anger we so easily display at the unimportant. We would be better off giving that energy to help others solve real problems.
So, as I write as an apology and as a little self-forgiveness, I am making a sincere effort to …
Get Over Myself…