It’s a month into 2015 and my optimism is still intact.
That said, every once in a while I think it’s healthy to let
off a little steam. Pull out that list of pet peeves that, if left unchecked,
can really start to put a damper on one’s otherwise sunny disposition. Oh don’t
get me wrong, just because I call myself an optimist, doesn’t mean that there
isn’t a laundry list of stuff that run the gambit of mild irritation to all out
wild with rage.
So, as part of my good mental health hygiene (new for 2015),
I thought I’d share some of the top contenders on my laundry list of peeves.
Maybe you share a few. Maybe you don’t because you are a much more tolerant,
spiritually awakened human being than I’ll ever hope to be (but I doubt it).
1.
Wishing dead people a happy birthday – first of
all, the person is dead therefore unlikely to be keeping track of how many
candles are on a cake much less able to appreciate the effort of party favours,
presents and cards. The person cannot collect any more birthdays because, as I’ve
pointed out, they are dead. By all means, mark the anniversary of a beloved
person’s birth, but to actually say “Happy Birthday” to a dead person is just
plain mean since you are obviously just rubbing their face into the fact that
they are dead and will not get the first piece of cake
2.
Making things plural that are clearly singular –
Happy Ground Hogs Day or Happy New Years for example. The opposite also bugs
me. For example, can you drop me off at the No Frill? No? How about at Sobey?
3.
People who know how to artfully and effortlessly
layer their scarves. Equally people who can wear bangles without making their
wrists look fat
4.
When Keith Morrison has the night off from
Dateline Real Life Mysteries
5.
When the bathtub stopper doesn’t fit exactly
right and it makes fart sounds thus ruining the tranquility of my soak
Those are just a few of the peeves
that send me into a spin and make it hard for me to concentrate on other areas
of self-improvement (like learning how to align my own chakras and getting my
dogs to learn to use the toilet)
I’ve learned over the years that
my anxieties are just part of the magic of me and I am embracing them. As my
good friend Donna has pointed out, and I quote “Lor, everyone has their things.
Everyone. And I know because I’m bat shit crazy.”
These my friends, are words to
live by….
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