Pick Up and Move On

This piece of blog is about why I beleive in Pick Up and Move On...and its a little confession block too :)

Everytime things dip, I feel a rush of emotions ranging from crankiness, irritability, depression, hurt to...anger. Then in a flash I tell myself 'Pick Up and Move On'.

I remind myself that what has happened - has already happened. I can't change it. But 'I can change the way I FEEL right now'. Yayaya....loads of people have said this to you and me before - but having 'practised' what is 'preached' makes the 'ideal' saying 'real'.

There's another thing that I realised that I subtly (or evidently) do when things dip. All those emotions I feel - they spill over on people around me. And realising that actually made me feel worse. Imagine Saurabh or Tanya having to deal with my crabby mood because I feel ill/tired or because the AC guys left the wiring open. No fault of theirs, but their mood ruined - because of me. Even if I didn't ruin their mood, the people I care for are upset because I am upset. And what am I upset over - some things which really don't matter in the big picture? I decided no matter what happens, Pick Up and Move On. The illness will go away and I will keep sleep...and the AC guys can be called back to fix things. So when something doesn't go my way, I do two things.
1) Accept - I accept the fact that it hasn't happened the way I'd like it to.
2) Act - What can I do now to fix it?
And things WILL go fine. And they will get done. And I will be happy. And I'll have enough happiness to spill over to everyone around me.

There's another pattern I noticed about me a couple of months back which made me realise that 'I am not the only one working in life'. Yes, we don't make buildings, or design them, or sell them. We don't run a restaurant or hotel or a theater. We have a very atypical business. Its emotionally high strung whereas ResQ is concerned and requires hardwork whereas TPP is concerned. Our lives are centered around it to a great extent. A lot of people find it interesting, a lot of people think we rattle on about our work. Dogs are more fun to talk about as compared to buildings. There are more stories, more atypical incidents. And we're full of passion so it reflects in our talk. But sometimes, we forget that everyone else does work too. And they're passionate about it as well, its just that they don't have stories to tell all the time. And they get tired from work too, but complain less. I complain more - so I'm going take a raincheck one this habit of mine and Pick myself Up for everyone around me who works just as hard as I do, but complains less :)

Confessions made. End of Post.
Have a nice day guys :)