That just looks utterly ridiculous seeing it in word form. Some of these entries simply come out of a thinky thing. This time it is spurned by what I see as a panic phenomenon. That word, panic, makes me roll my eyes. Panic, really?! Usually, this is a gross exaggerational response to sensationalize an event that is unpleasant or unexpected. The overuse of words like panic diminish their meaning. Oh, you panicked because they were out of your Chai Latte? What a crisis! You panicked because events you set in place through your own actions (this is my mandatory blog hint about responsibility for one's action and the repercussions) didn't go as you would have liked?! *shock* Get over yourself!
Here is a little tip I picked up along the way...we are born into chaos. From the moment you are conceived, you are ever changing. Nothing. NOTHING remains the same. How do I put this bluntly? (which is my preferred method) Accept it, deal with it and move on to the next issue. We are so busy trying to keep things in order the way we want them that we forget that change happens every single day. If you are not paying attention, you are in for a big change - monstrous, looming, oh f* what have I gotten myself into?! kind of change.
Deal with it - yeah, that's the hard part. Sometimes it's not fun, exciting or even tolerable. If we don't accept change, then we stagnate. Resisting a change feels so futile, like getting nowhere. Just a purgatory of sorrow. Yuck! Don't get me wrong, I did a stint there. I learned my lesson though. The more freak outs and panic attacks I had over stupid shit that I COULD handle, the more I let other people make my choices. If I wanted to make the choices, I had to deal with it. That was giving my power over to other people to make my decisions.
Not every situation warrants panic. In fact, most don't. Be authentic without being dramatic. Own who you are, if you don't like that, change it. Accept that change is going to happen, but you can hold yourself with dignity.
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