Pity Party

Earlier this week, I had a what-if situation send me into a complete tailspin.  Yeah, stupid, I know.  But there it is.

I decided I would just have me a nice little Pity Party.  I had an agenda (bitch, whine, moan, complain) and refreshments (sea salt caramel chocolate bar, mint chocolate chip ice cream, and hot chocolate [since I couldn’t have the Dirty Girl Scout I really wanted due to being at work]).

In the course of my day, I noticed a coworker having a real-time situation crappy day, not just the maybe-situation kind of crappy day I had in my head.

My coworker’s dilemma made me realize how stupid the What-If Pity Party I had going on really was.

 

I reached out to my coworker, trying to ease his burden, and in doing so I got enough positive energy back that the Pity Party was canceled.

Mark Twain, a man much wiser than I am, was quoted as saying “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try and cheer someone else up.”  I am here to testify that he is 100% correct.  

It’s easy to get so wound up in our own problems--real or perceived--that we forget or don’t realize that there are others who are also struggling.  

I’m sorry that my friend was having a bad day, but I’m glad that by encouraging him, I was able to shed my own bad mood.  

I guess it all comes back to the core of the golden rule:  be kind to one another.  

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