Day 5 Post 3 - Rough Monday

I was not looking forward to a meeting today because it was going to be an unpleasant topic.  But I was not expecting things to go haywire right at the start of the day.  It has been a stressful day.  One that I am glad is in the books. I suggested to my boss that we have a better day tomorrow. He smiled and reminded me of the meetings we were going to have. I told him not to discourage me.  He's in a good mood because he is going on vacation next week.

I am going to get myself back in a good mood. Just not sure how yet.  I do know that the stress eating is helping.

On to the next chapter in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff  Chapter 5 is about Developing your compassion. He define compassion as a sympathetic feeling.  Compassion requires a willingness to put yourself in someone else's shoes. When we see other people's pain, frustrations, and struggles, we start to see that we don't really have it so bad.

My mom was a very compassionate person. I swear she never met someone that she couldn't find somel.............../thing good about. She had an innate ability to accept people as they were and where they came from. It is something I need to work on. I am getting better at it though.

If I am being honest, I think I am getting better at it because I am studying more about Christ and his life and example. It just makes you want to do better.

I think compassion is a very important step to realizing just how good you have it. I read somewhere that if everyone's trails, struggles and problems were thrown in a heap. We would take bake our own.  I think it helps me to remember that my trials and struggles were chosen for me by Heavenly Father. They are meant to make me a better person. 

So chapter 5 is a good one to work on.