“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One of my favourite quotes but I gotta admit, I find myself too many times failing to refrain from discussing or ranting about people I dislike. It is an illness. A mental illness. In fact, a few weeks ago I promised my boyfriend that I would stop getting angry and instead, channel my energy into work and sharing the little I know with people who read this blog as well as the toughest one; sending positive thoughts to those people I dislike.
He’s a wise one, that one. It worked and I did become a whole lot calmer. Of course, being me, I had to fall off the wagon and now I have to start all over again. Cheers to more positive thoughts. Life is too short to be constantly angry and pissed off about OTHER people.
true but it’s more fun tho
I get very sked when you angry-bangry. :( But once in a while, rage is deserved.
My bf has taught me that I always have two options:
1. I can choose to be pissed off and angry, let it get to me and ruin my day.
2. I can rise above and tell myself that although I have no control over what other people do, I do have control over how I react.
So basically it’s determining if something is within your circle of influence or not. We can’t help people who want to behave in a certain way, but we can disassociate ourselves from them and at least be happy in our own bubble, right?
*HUG* I have to say your house is shaping up really well. Am very happy for you. You must be pleased to have created something from scratch. That’s a real achievement, Kim!
suanie: fun for a while but gets tedious after a while hehe
erna: sorry i scared u hahaha
fieran: hehe S is a keeper! he’s totally right! :)
Eh isit me, or are the guys better than us? *hides in shame* My other half also liddat. When I am in a rage, he can ohhhh so calmly say nice things to calm me down, and like Fieran’s bf, tells me that only *I* can control how I react. When I have totally calmed down, he will quote me words of wisdom from Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits. He’s been persuading me to read it, but nah ah, Im not ready to convert yet LOLOL.
Whimsy! That’s the book that S read too. Maybe I should read it? Might teach me to be less emotional and more rational.
So meaningful~ I like that quote! @whimsicaljottings i think it’s because gals tend to get more emotional at times, we are more sensitive, it’s good in a way too~ The expression of emotions help us channel out the inner pressure or stuff, so you see female having longer lifespan than male. Haha, that’s what my biology teacher told us. =)
whimsicaljottings: im starting to think so too. i think men are much better at handling relationships haha. he’s been persuading me to read Dale Carnegie also -_- I thought only women are into self help books!!!
fieran: do it, babe. lemme know if it helps hehe
wendy: yeah it’s funny considering women are more regularly angry than men, but still have longer lifespan heh