Not with customers but with the reminder that it is like living in a student house. Sink perpetually full of cold water with a teaspoon or two at the bottom. Coffee spills on the workstop. Half eaten packets of food that seem to spread. All little things that don't really matter but still irritate.
A friend of mine posted a picture on Facebook recently that said
"Breathe in Peace
Breathe out Love"
Normally I take those sort of phrases with a pinch of salt, but that one seemed to stick in my head. Reminding myself of it helped me get through a few moments over Christmas when I was worrying about things, feeling stressed or thinking uncharitable thoughts about people!
Try it next time you are feeling wound up, and combine it with a deep breath in and a deep breath out, it works for me...
Your description of the students house sums up living with 2 teenage kids! Just a great deal worse!
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k.....got it!
As you can well guess, I'm a tad 'witchy'.....so these are good instructions for me.
And it's not because of Messy Marvins! *I* AM the Messy Marvin. *laughing*
It's the Cleaning Clyde that's irritating me--if he moves it, IT'S NOT WHERE I WANT IT!
Breathe in peace
Breathe out love.....
*breathing!!*
Keep breathing, Mel!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm needing this mantra today - someone, somewhere is doing something that has locked us all out of the software and I can't get hold of them. Breathing....
LOVE that mantra...and will use it...in fact, I think I may need to use it in about two minutes when I go tackle the mess that Chris has left in the kitchen!
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C x