Today is a day to mindful that the only thoughts and actions I have control over are my own.

No matter how much I rage and push against another I cannot change how they think or behave. The harder I push the more they dig in their heels. I have found that stepping aside works too. That taking a deep breath and just going on with my day is also an option. If I really stand back and look I might see that I may have been part of the problem with my stubbornness. That neither of us was truly right and the the truth was somewhere in the middle. However while we were both pushing all we could see was down as we locked shoulders and dug in.

I have come to learn that I can be right or I can be happy. That we all on this big blue marble for a short time really. So we should look up and do our best to live as an example of what kindness looks like. I know for me life has gotten so much better and I feel better when I lay down at night on the days when I choose kindness over being right.

Rosetta Sanders

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