We are the ones who get to decide what things mean to us.
Is this the beginning or the end?
Is life a war or a test?
Yes, yes this is all great in theory… but this morning I spilt a third of my pristine smoothie and had an unsatisfying amount left.
The knee jerk meaning was that “this sucks, life sucks and I’m sad now.”
But then I realised that your highest behavioral aspirations only have real meaning when the going gets tough.
Sad smoothie? Yup that’s tough going.
So I decided to change the meaning. I looked down at the spilt smoothie and smiled…
“Yay, I get to have more breakfast!” I made a bowl of weetbix- something I don’t normally do- and enjoyed a Petit Déjeuner instead of being mad at my one third empty smoothie.
Oh wait, no- it was a two thirds full smoothie 😉
