Helping others become even better versions of themselves
One day the sun will set on our journey.
There will not be another opportunity to say ‘I love you’, to say ‘sorry’, to tell someone how much they matter to you, to do the right thing, to speak up for what you care about, to start that project, to take the plunge into the unknown.
The trouble with waiting to say or do these things is that none of us knows when our sunset will be.
If a train is delayed by 10 minutes people often get irate.
If a plane is delayed by 10 minutes only the odd person is annoyed.
If we sit in our car at a junction waiting, for what is often only a few seconds, we can become annoyed.
Delays are outside of our control, yet we choose to get annoyed, which is a waste of time as it never shortens the delay that annoyed us in the first place. In fact, in some cases, a delay can be used to catch up on your podcasts, read a book, do some art, even talk to a stranger!
Amazingly, we delay living our lives, sometimes for months, sometimes for years, even for a whole lifetime. Yet with somehow little annoyance or impatience to change it.
We don’t need to get annoyed with any delay, whether trains, planes or our own lives.
However, best to focus our amazing talents, energy, time and love on the only thing we control, our own life. Annoyance will not change our lives either, choosing how we react is what makes the difference.
Do not delay things we can control and accept delays out of our control.
Life will be happier.
Philip Dodson 