Life offers us two choices, to sit and laugh with it or to sit and be the butt of its jokes. Jacqueline
One characteristic that I would recommend for anyone to cultivate is a decent sense of humour and I am not referring to the surge in finding fun in sick, derogatory and hurtful jokes made at the expense of others.
I talk about learning to laugh at yourself and the things that life toss at you.
From personal experience, I know how easy it is to get caught up in bitterness at the hard punches thrown at you, and how we could find ourselves walking the path of unforgiveness without even knowing that we are doing so.
Like a revolving door, holding on to the door of bitterness and unforgiveness only keeps you going round in circles and often times, it might hit you in the face or the back side.
A daily example that comes easily to mind is my husband’s idiosyncratic attitudes that used to drive me up the wall. As long as I kept my eyes’ on them, they simply became more magnified and drowned out other sides that were far better.
It took the conscious effort of cultivating an attitude of changing my perspective and searching for reasons to laugh over it and not stew in annoyance – it took me years of sweating the small stuff – I found very good reasons not to throw shoes at him 😉
Jacqueline
a cooking pot and twisted tales 
Definitely don’t like to be that last option.
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I prefer the first too 🙂
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Wonderful post! I admire the way you handled your personal problem 🙂
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Thank you. I believe one of the characteristics of building an enduring relationship is to keep searching and holding on to the positives in the other person.
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Absolutely!
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Ha ha. Yes. Oh there are so many annoyances…but then I must remember what a good man is and that I have one.
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You sum it well. I focus on the goodness 🙂
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Yes, I try to look past those little things that annoy me and I hope others do the same when they look my way.
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I agree Jacqui. A good sense of humour is vital to get you through life! 🙂
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It gets us through the rough days. I enjoyed your video. Wanted to leave a comment but I don’t know why I couldn’t.
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No problem Jacqui. I don’t know what happens to my blog sometimes it i so temperamental!
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