"Live and let live." I have a hard time with this. Most notably with those I live with. I want to micromanage their lives. I'm intolerant. Which means, I'm not working on my own stuff. Because I'm too busy working on their's.
I suppose if I'm honest, I can find area where I'm intolerant outside my home. Where I secretly want to micromanage the lives of even people I don't live with. Who do I think I am? God?
And then I get all bent out of shape because I let it affect me. I pick up the cards. When I shouldn't even be in the game.
Lisa Whittle talks about Owning our Stuff. Taking responsibility for our own crap. And how frustrating is when other's don't.
I have found myself guilty of five out five things Whittle says happen when we are "burdened by the desire for someone to own their stuff. I take it personally, I try to force them to own it, I judge...you get the picture. A bunch of burden I just don't need.
How about instead, I live and let live.
How bout I worry about myself for a while.
It's a daily battle, this. And it encompasses all sorts of hard honesty. And I try and I fail and I try again.
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