Becoming Pro-Active for your Own Life

So I've been really stressed out lately...just ask Greg...he doesn't know what to make of me. It rains every weekend, my job sucks, I'm saving for a house, finding a new apartment until then, sucking at hockey and wishing I were better so that I don't have to play with people who have no clue, family stuff...blah blah blah blah blah!

Enough already! After a weekend of total emotional chaos, I said something about someone else that I realized that I need to apply to myself. Actually, we all could probably apply it in our lives.

BE PROACTIVE FOR YOUR OWN LIFE!

People in life will screw you over...your job will suck at times...the weather will be rainy...but guess what? I don't have to let that take over my emotions. I can be proactive.

But what does that mean? Do we just ignore people that cheat us or hurt us? Absolutely not. Ignoring those things just leads to internal pain that will eventually manifest itself in our thoughts, moods, words...etc. Being proactive means dealing with the situation and THEN moving on from it. Dealing with the situation may be as simple as an apology or may be as serious as removing that source of pain from your life entirely...
And when thoughts of it get you down, hold the door for the little old lady at the store...let the guy trying to take a left on a busy road go in front of you (instead of getting pissed off when he tries to cut you off and take 10 seconds away from your day)...find a nice card to send to your grandmother to let her know how much you love her...

Good things don't happen to people. Good things happen to people who look for the good things in life.

Bad things do happen to people. Bad things only consume people who put themselves in a place to be consumed.

It's time to be proactive... Any thoughts???