Thursday, March 24, 2011

JOT Day 94 - What pisses you off?

What pisses you off?

What preventable "crime" gets in your craw?

Nothing wrong with an emotional provocation.

It means you are alive and breathing, have blood moving through your veins, and aren't completely numbed by modern civilization.

But then.

What solution have you crafted for this abomination?

What's your contribution to bettering the planet in this particular regard?

Hmm.

It's easy to get stuck in the juice of resentment, indignation, justification, stewing in that energy and seeing it as a contribution.

Staying stuck doesn't serve you, or that thing you rage against.

It is possible to move on.

And then be able to make the world a better place.

Starting with yours.

Would you like to learn how?

 

 

 

 

Mar 24, 2011 4:59:11 PM | JOT

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