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My List of Complicated Things
I took the plunge and started making a list of things that I felt were a complication to me and that I felt could hender having peace in my life.
Everyone has a list, but to actually sit down and write it out, I wonder do they?
I tried to add a simple thought next to each one to better identify the subject. To give me a better understanding of why and what it is about that particular thing that aggravates or frustrates me.
So here goes:
2. Traffic - getting into traffic jams, to much traffic, inconsiderate drivers, people that are in such a big hurry they give no thought to other people on the road.
3. Obnoxious people - loud, unruly, slobs
4. My Cable Company - having to pay for lousy service, a digital phone that works 65% of the time, networks that go down or bog just when you need it to work
5. Computer life - an unorganized computer, internet and so many options
6. My daughters life - God I love her, but her complicated life spills over into mine
7. Not having time to spend valuable time with my two lovely granddaughters - even though they are at least an hour away, I don’t get to see them that much, and when I do, I am busy and working and so on
8. Incompetent people - usually the people I deal with at my cable company, or customer service for whatever, either on the phone or in person. How do they get and keep their jobs?
9. Sometimes stressful work - I will be back to explain more on this one. I could go on for days about it.
Now as I sit back and look over the list I see that 90% of it has to do with people.
People are everywhere, all shapes, sizes and color. I read someplace that the Carnegie Technological Institute reported that 90% of all people who fail in their lifes vocation is because they cannot get along with people. Meaning, connecting and interacting is a problem.
Ok, well some of that is true for me I guess, its not that I am anti people, I have a few great friends and I am not a hostile by any means, but people for the most part do tend to irritate me. Maybe thats why my passion is bird photography? You think?
Or why I became a web developer/designer/coder. But we have our own little set of issues anyway 
The businesses I have had worked because I was fortunate enough to have someone as a forerunner, someone that could deal with people instead of me.
So now that I have identified my biggest peace stealer, how do I go about fixing it?
First off, on my knees and in prayer. Praying that God will grant me His Peace and Grace while I try to go through each day and wait, and be aware. I know I can’t change people, but I can change me. By making a habit of keeping a good attitude for starters. To look at each thing I wrote on the list and see them for what they are instead of magnifying the bad in them.
My list doesn’t include finances, career changes or other major things that might be on someone else’s list, I try not to worry about money and I have had a pretty good life as far as types of work I wanted. My stuff is mostly about the clutter, getting organized, and readjusting my thinking habits toward people and they way I do things. So this is where I begin, I will keep writing about my progress and my steps to fixing things. Good luck with yours!
Comments
Deborah, I can so identify with having too much stuff. I struggle with it everyday and hope to see reach the point where I have just enough, whatever that is.
Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope to see you again soon.
Angie
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