Does it worth it ?!

❝In a sweet quiet morning, an old lady woke up, looked in the mirror to find only 3 hairs in her head. She smiled and said: “It’s OK; I’ll dye my hair today”. She did so and spent a wonderful day!

On the next day, she woke up, looked in the mirror to find only 2 hairs. She laughed saying: “Great, I’ll change my haircut today; I’ll split it in half”. She did so and spent a great day!

On the third day, she woke up to find ONLY one hair in her head, and then she said: “I’ll comb my hair backwards”. She did that and spent a fun, happy day!

On the following day, she woke up to find ZERO hair in her head, she cheered happily: “Marvelous! NOW, I won’t have to comb my hair ever again”!!!❞*

Bad things will happen, whether you like it or not – IT WILL – and you can’t control actions but what you can really control is your reactions to them. If you just took a moment to think it over and weigh down what do the screaming, yelling, and panicking will do for you? Nothing, absolutely NOTHING. They’ll just get you more chaotic and cause unwanted consequences. And you know what? Smart living is not about dodging the 10% of UNCONTROLLED bad incidents that occurs to you; it’s mostly about facing and containing the 90% CONTROLLED reaction you will choose. Remember how many times you had a fight over nothing actually, and you only discover that the moment you lose your friend over it, or even worse: your job. It’s all a matter of perspective of how you look to things and categorizes them; ask yourself: did coffee spelt on my pants worse ruining my whole day? Do this minor mistake worse breaking up? Do this small disadvantage opposite to multi advantages worse quitting my job? Trust me, if you could turn back time, you would have changed lots of decisions you’ve made out of anger or upset.

Silence is a very good trouble dodger, really, try counting from one to 10, 20, whatever it takes for you to calm down. Practice some YOGA. Learn breathing techniques. Mediate. Always think of alternatives: If I missed the bus, I’ll get the underground. If there’s no milk in the morning, I’ll have my coffee black. If I didn’t find my pink shirt, I’ll wear the white to work. And if live gave me lemon, I’ll make lemonade. It’s as simple as that.

If you thought about what has happened, you’ll lose the current moment, and if you thought about what will happen, you’ll lose the current moment. And even if you thought about the current moment, you’ll lose the current moment. It doesn’t work that way; you just need to be clever enough to balance how you learn from the past how to enjoy the present and plan for the future. That way you’ll skip much time fixing the past’s mistakes – which mostly wouldn’t help, just let it go man.  You’ll commit fewer mistakes in the present, and be prepared for whatever the future brings.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that’s why it’s called the PRESENT.

ENJOY it.

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