I watched a movie the other day called “Friends With Money.” I wasn’t feeling well and was pushing myself beyond what I should have been doing. So I stopped myself and made myself sit down. I turned on Netflix and this movie popped up so I figured “hmm, why not?” …What an eye opener.
I have been feeling a little down myself and my attitude has not been the best at times and I started to connect with the characters in the movie. These characters were becoming bitter with life and I could draw parallels with their attitudes and mine, of late. Everything had become annoying, daunting and just down right ridiculous. I could feel and see my attitude in “their” portrayal of their character’s lives. By the end of the movie, their character lives had been summed up, but mine went on, un-summed.
I could see how my attitude has looked at times and it was good to see, because like them it was not the real person who I was, it was due to circumstances and just life’s progression in general. Which once again, had me reflecting about the only thing I can control is my reactions to other’s actions. I’m pretty sure I have said that here before. It was a very “back and forth” argument with myself that, others do not worry about their reactions so why should I worry about how they feel when I react. Because…..I am the one being left upset, so my reactions matter to me and to my health. So then we are left with… ok, how do I control my reactions and go on from there without constantly coming back to this circle of anger.
