1259: Ownership

It is 12:58pm.

I have been in a bad mood these last two days. It's my fault and I apologize.

I will try and make it better.

I am not perfect, nor have I ever claimed to be.

I'm trying to take ownership and do better...

Thank you for your patience.

I have a lot to do today, so I'll just leave you with a quote from an article I read:

"The question then becomes, if we know that a bad day is all in our heads, then why do we allow it to occur? Why do we give in and throw away the rest of our day, simply by accepting and believing that we are indeed having a bad day?

The answer: it's a convenient over-simplification.

The brain's facility to simplify, in most contexts, is very useful and beneficial. Our brains develop symbols, or abstract representations of complex ideas, that allow us to connect the represented ideas with other ideas, and to build upon them, without having to keep the full details of every complex idea at the forefront of our minds.

In other words, simplification clears our minds, freeing our brains to draw additional connections and conclusions from complex ideas, data, and experiences.

But what happens when we simplify experiences with the wrong symbolic conclusion? This is precisely what happens when we conclude that we are having a bad day. We blame our misfortune on factors outside of our own control, in order to avoid analyzing the real reasons things happened as they did (or perhaps even to eschew our own responsibility). Hence, it is easy for us to believe we're having a bad day. The obvious downside is that once you accept the convenient conclusion that the entire day is for naught, it will actually cause the rest of your day to go horribly awry."

It's simple to have a bad day. It is simple to let it over take you. It is simple to give into the anger and frustration and let it turn you into a monstrous mess. Sometimes we have to do the hard work to turn it around. It starts with taking responsibility for ourselves. 

Go change the world. Do it for Elijah.

Thank you

Send me love sweet boy.

I could sure use some.

Thank you.

I miss you so much.

I love you more.

Always.

<3