Something hit me today as I was just sitting on my couch. Like literally 2 minutes ago. It hit me so hard, I had to stop what I was doing and blog about it.
A few days ago I was feeling very down about some things in my life. My feelings were hurt and I was hanging onto the hurt and dwelling on it. It was something that legitimately hurt me and I had every right to feel the way I did, but it was something that was not life and death.
My tendency in life is to hang onto those things that hurt me. I actually have to consciously make myself let things go and forgive when needed. But this time, before I made the decision to do this, I accidentally stumbled upon something that caused me to let it all go, without consciously thinking about it.
It will be grandparents day on September 8. So I decided to send a couple books to my parents, since they live far enough away to miss quite a few things. They called me up last night and today to thank me for the books.
Their phone call today is when it hit me that by giving a gift to someone else, I forgot about how I was feeling. I forgot to feel sorry for me and dwell on my hurt. So my lesson today as clear as clear could be:
When feeling bad about yourself (whether you think it's legitimate or not) give to others, do something for someone and you will forget all about your own troubles. It was a great feeling to suddenly realize that I had made a choice to free myself from a burden without actually knowing I had done so.
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