We woke up to several inches of snow this morning.
Again.
Today was scheduled to be one of my running days – I’m exercising now, you know. Doing the Couch to 5K running program, specifically.
Running in the cold does not deter me – you get warmed up enough after five minutes anyway, and 0 degrees Celsius isn’t really “cold” by Canadian standards.
It’s running through four inches of thick, heavy, slushy, slippery snow that deters me.
So when I looked outside and saw this:
I thought, “Great! There goes my run for today! I thought this was suppose to be March! It was 4 degrees yesterday! All the snow melted! I almost had shorts on! Who can I yell at for this?!” (I was thinking in very exclamative terms, wasn’t I?)
Then I turned on the computer and saw this:
(screenshot from cnn.com)
And then I realized that a few inches of snow is not so bad.
It is not going to ruin my life.
It isn’t even going to ruin my day.
And this is true for most of the ‘bad’ things that happen in our lives.
You know, the ‘why me?!” moments:
Your headlight burns out.
Your basement is leaking.
Your kid has an ear infection.
Your cat peed on your brand-new running shoes.
These are all very annoying events that will cause you aggravation (and cost you money), but they are not the end of the world!
{Incidentally they are all very annoying events that have happened to me in the last week!}
Always, always, always remember to put things into perspective. 99% of the time our circumstances are really not so bad. There is always someone who is worse off, someone who is dealing with a much heavier load.
Does this mean you don’t have a right to get angry and maybe let out a bad word or two (or fourteen)?
Of course not!
But don’t let the little things, things that can easily be fixed, ruin your life, or even your day.
Instead, you wait for the sun to come out, melt some of the snow, and then go running on your lunch break at work.
Perspective.
Peace, love & prayers to all in Japan.
~H
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