Personal Empowerment

Time has just gotten away from me again. I can't believe it's been since September since my last entry on this blog. I guess it seems about right since that was the month I also moved! I've felt inspired many times to get on this blog and write..but then something else needs my attention more.

But the last few months, the same theme has continuously entered my thought process. Personal Empowerment... what does it mean to different people? For me personally, it means taking control of my own happiness. Everyday something could threaten our happiness and some things may be out of our control, but not everything. Whether it is a disagreement with a significant other or co-worker, we have a choice. What we choose to feel and do during difficult moments in day could change everything. Honestly, for example, a co-worker starts yelling at you for something small. Do you allow this to bring you down the rest of the day? Would it be worth it? How do we know that he/she just didn't have an argument at home and have decided to take it out on someone else? Like that McDonald's commercial where the man can't even bear to speak to anyone until he has a cup of coffee first. So the whole world should just adjust to someones bad attitude?? I don't think so! Let someone stew in their own misery. Don't let them reel you in. Life's too short.

And that is what Personal Empowerment means to me. Actually deciding that my happiness is in my own two hands. Who cares if so and so calls me and who cares if so and so likes me or not? What I've seen is this..if someone has made up their mind about you, most likely there is nothing you can do to change it. There could be a multitude of reasons why she or he doesn't like you. You could spend/waste many hours dissecting or analyzing the why's. So as long as you know you have been kind and respectful then nothing else should matter. Remember misery loves company and so if you get sucked in and wonder how you got there, then you need to take a long look at yourself and see how...

Life's too short. Another thing I've learned is to grin and bear it and eventually your mood will catch up. It's hard for unhappiness to stay if you are smiling like a goofy person. Find the laughter in any given moment. Moment's are too precious to waste. :)