Happiness Challenge – Compare
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT
My daily blog post has taken a back seat to the challenges of the season. I’m several days late on this daily challenge. Please forgive me people who are following this.
I backed out of the driveway this morning rushing as I was late for an appointment and clipped the recycle can. It took the rearview mirror off it’s mount. I see this as a good omen to not look back. It is after all a wonderful day wherever I am.
I had started off writing this blog post looking at the word “compare” but was really looking at stuff through the term contrast. According to the Daily Writing Tips, “In general use, such as in writing a “compare/contrast” essay, compare means “find the similarities” and contrast means “find the differences.”
So lets compare the similarities between this blog post and the previous one I just deleted. I was writing about my daily yoga practice – I do yoga wherever I am. And how that was “different” than my voice mail message – that says “It’s a wonderful day wherever I am.” So in comparison – whatever it is, is happening wherever I am. This is the common thread through all of my existence – wherever I am.
It feels worthwhile to contemplate “whatever it is, is happening wherever I am.” How am I to know what is happening elsewhere except through another’s reporting filter? If I am not there, I am not experiencing the happening. But when I hear the report of what has happened elsewhere, the reporting of it, is what is happening where I am. (Even if I am the one who is doing a reporting of a past event – which is now a memory). Sooooo, what takes precedence – a past report or my actual wonderful experience in the present? For my ultimate happiness, well I know the answer. Reacting in any form to any type of report feels like emotional hijacking. It’s all just information – who I am in the moment defines how I assimilate the information.
