Day 54

Day 54: Real Time
Day 3: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey



Remember the list I shared with you earlier this week? The topics that continue to get me in trouble?

It happened again. The third topic, incompetence, raised its snarling head during a conversation about getting a question answered by some folks at Social Security.

You’re thinking I blew it and have to go back to Day 1, aren’t you. This time, you would be wrong.

My heart rate went up, my breathing started to quicken….and then I stopped myself before my body took over the controls for my mouth.

I took a deep breath (a VERY deep one, I have to say) and then I said, “Well, let’s move on from that.”

A friend sent me the following this morning.


TWO WOLVES

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

"One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

"The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."


I chose to feed the second wolf when I made the conscious decision to move on from a topic that I know only leads me to anger and resentment.

Day 3.