I’m currently sitting in the Delta lounge in SLC, delayed nearly four hours. It’s impossible not to be frustrated by the situation, but I am trying to remain grateful and let go of any control. I haven’t been feeling well the past couple of days, and when I say not feeling well, I mean, concerned that my body is talking to me. Saying something like, “JOY, take a fu#$ing break. Take care of yourself, or you will regret it.” So this trip is supposed to be about relaxing and enjoying what really matters to me- family, sunshine and love.
For the last hour I have been sitting across from a woman who I would say is just pissed off at life. Angry at her job, angry with her situation, angry with the people she’s been talking to. I have watched the people sitting around us reacting to this woman and scoffing at her as she yells into her phone.
I wonder, what makes someone so angry? I can tell this is just her being, it’s how she exists, and I can’t help but feel sorry for her.
Our life comes down to our choices, doesn’t it? How we choose to think, how we choose to react, to live, the choices we make about priorities, our time, and even down to who we choose to surround ourselves with.
I have had a hard time not getting up to move away from this angry energy, but instead, I am choosing to love on her pup, to give him as much love and pets as possible. It is his kisses and appreciation that are making the delay and ,her, tolerable. And maybe, just maybe, she will choose to relax, smile and realize life is better with kisses and dog snuggles. So woman get off the phone and just enjoy!
#choosehappiness #selflove #bekind #dogsmakeeverythingbetter