Let it strengthen you...

How to deal with annoying people

I love this, a 9 years old with asperger's talks about ways to deal with annoying people.

I really have a hard time dealing with ignorant and annoying people.. It affects my mood and sometimes can affect my whole day.  In the spirit of change, this is one of the things I am working on.  I've realized that happiness comes from within and is not dependent upon the current situation.  You shouldn't depend on others for your happiness and if something someone else does can bring you down, it just means you're not in balance with your self.
I've learned to look at every situation from all points of view, not just mine.  Looking at a situation from a different perspective will disarm you and you will be able to realize that you have your reasons why you think you are right and they have theirs.  No one is wrong, you just have different perspectives which is great.  Imagine a world where we all thought the same...  we would have one tv station, one song playing over and over on the radio, 5,000 artist drawing the same picture..
Difficult situations provide room for growth.  When you know what you don't want, you know what you do want and can attract it into your life.  You attract what you are focused upon, so if you sit around for hours replaying the bad situation in your head, you will soon attract more of the like.  Learn to let it go and use that situation as fuel to attract more of what you want.
Learning to be happy in any situation will make you a stronger person and you will eventually not be put into these situations anymore because you will be so in-tune with your self you will attract good situations like a magnet.

Live your dreams

Focus on what you want and it has to come

You will notice that those who speak most of prosperity, have it. Those who speak most of health, have it. Those who speak most of sickness, have it. Those who speak most of poverty, have it. It is Law. It can be no other way...The way you feel is your point of attraction, and so, the Law of Attraction is most understood when you see yourself as a magnet getting more and more of the way you feel. When you feel lonely, you attract more loneliness. When you feel poor, you attract more poverty. When you feel sick, you attract more sickness. When you feel unhappy, you attract more unhappiness. When you feel healthy and vital and alive and prosperous—you attract more of all of those things.

--- Abraham

From "The Law of Attraction, The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham" # 334

Only when we are no longer afraid...

I came across an article titled, "Embrace fear and find your center" from one of my favorite websites, tiny buddha.  It's a perfect story of learning to let go of control and start living your life.  Remember that every failure is just an opportunity to give up or try again.

Thomas Edison said, "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."  He should know, he made over 1,000 lightbulbs until he invented one that worked.  When asked about his failures, he said, "I have not failed 1,000 times.  I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."  Imagine if he would have gave up after the first 5 tries...

Learn to say "So what! It doesn't matter!"

Photo by flickr.com/kkanouse

Todays service at the Hollywood Temple was truly inspirational and spot on.  I've never been big on religion in general, but the Self-Realization Fellowship is a place to come and meet some wonderful people, meditate and listen to some positive messages- no matter what your religious background or beliefs.

Todays topic at service was "God's Vital Laws of Health and Well-Being".  The topic of Karma was touched with an emphasis on eating right - cutting meat out of your diet and not overeating.  I loved this as I have realized first hand the past week that eating right can really change your life drastically.  He told a story of when he was little, he HATED broccoli, and his mom would serve it with every meal.  So for a while he would sit there and miserably eat it until one day he looked around and saw everyone else enjoying it and thought to himself, "If they like it maybe I can like it".  So he ate the broccoli saying to himself "MMM this is good! I love this!".  He still hated it.. So the next day he did the same thing.  At the end of that meal he still didn't like it but thought to himself, "I can kind of see why someone would like this".  The next day he did the same thing, and by the end of that meal, he loved it!  Just goes to show you that happiness comes from within and is not dependent on your outside situation.

Another good lesson was learning to say "So what! It doesn't matter!"  How many times have you gone through life feeling bad for yourself because someone didn't understand you or you didn't get something you wanted.  Learn to say "SO WHAT!" instead of sitting around feeling bad for yourself.  Brush it off and move on!  You will miss so many amazing opportunities if you are focusing on the negative instead of reaching for the positive.

Jim Rohn- Setting Goals

Jay-Z

Wow, amazing.  "So many people are afraid of failure, but what I've learned is that failure is a great teacher, and if you're open to it every mistake has a lesson to offer." -Oprah

Will Smith

Will Smith is one of the most brilliant people you can learn from.

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.  Oprah Winfrey