Affirmations

You know how all those self-help books tell you to have daily affirmations to help you be the person you want to be?  I've been working on my own little affirmations.

I've been getting really frustrated with people who are maybe placed on this earth with the specific mission of driving me crazy.  I know, that's probably not the case, nor is that a very sunny point of view.  But come on, we all have those people.  Maybe they're people you're forced to interact with because of work or church callings or even because they're family...but you HAVE to deal with them and somehow they manage to drive you nutsy nearly every time you see them.  Or maybe they're just random people you come into contact with by chance and you wish their mothers hadn't let them eat lead-based paint when they were children.  Or you know, we're all a little annoying sometimes and even our favorite people and best friends can make us want to pull our hair out sometimes.

You're probably thinking I have low-tolerance or something.  Yes, I suppose that's true sometimes.  We all have those days.  But I'm trying to have fewer.  Here are my new daily affirmations...

"I will not people with my car.  I will not punch anyone in the face.  I will not slam someone's head into the wall."

Laugh all you want.  Or you might think that I have an anger-management problem.  I would like to clarify...I've never actually hit anyone with my car, punched anyone in the face or slammed a person's head into the wall.  But sometimes I have really strong urges.

I have to repeat these to myself often throughout any given day.  But I think it's helping, and isn't that what's really important?