I’ve found humor to be very beneficial in this goal. I’ve been able to laugh at things when they normally would irritate me, and I think that’s really what I needed to learn. Some things are just beyond my control and out-of-the-ordinary, but really, what is ‘ordinary’ and since when does only the ordinary happen to anyone?
The other day at the grocery store, a rotund, toad-faced woman ran into me while I was stationary. She ran over my ankle, and it hurt. She scowled at me, told me I should watch where I was going and further muttered something derogatory under her breath as she shuffled off, zig-zagging down the aisle, messing with her cell phone.
Ten minutes later in the frozen foods section I had the freezer door open and was pulling out a bag of frozen vegetables and CRASH! someone runs into the door, which bangs into me. It’s her, and she says, “Are you going to take all day?”
Under normal circumstances, I might have been a little indignant about her attitude, considering the circumstances. Instead I smirked, and then I laughed. I could tell it wasn’t what she was expecting; she looked shocked. She called me a very uncouth name as she lumbered away.
A bystander sidled over and complimented me on my actions, saying she don’t know that she’d have been able to blow that off. I left the store feeling pretty good…well, except for my ankle.
