Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to maintain a sense of perspective about
Speaker 1: minor annoyances for a lot of foibles. We can remind
Speaker 1: ourselves that if that is the worst thing that happens today,
Speaker 1: it will have been a good day. If you are
Speaker 1: listening to this podcast, my guess is that you value
Speaker 1: smooth operations. I know I do, but sometimes the world
Speaker 1: does not deliver on these things. Road repairs mean a
Speaker 1: delivery truck can't come during a scheduled window. A last
Speaker 1: minute virtual learning day means that a quiet work from
Speaker 1: home schedule is not going to be so quiet. The
Speaker 1: store is out cream cheese, which is the only reason
Speaker 1: you went to that particular store. It is easy to
Speaker 1: get annoyed at situations like this, and they are indeed annoying,
Speaker 1: and there might be obvious solutions. Perhaps in time people
Speaker 1: will see those solutions or take your suggestions, but in
Speaker 1: the meantime, there is no point getting riled up. Getting
Speaker 1: into an agitated state tends not to be a lot
Speaker 1: of fun. Foul moods linger even into situations that are
Speaker 1: objectively amazing. Are you seriously going to head into that
Speaker 1: leisurely baking session in a snit? Because you have to
Speaker 1: pivot on a recipe, So when something non tragic happens,
Speaker 1: that is a good time to pull out this pocket phrase,
Speaker 1: if that's the worst thing that happens to me today,
Speaker 1: I'll be all right. Or you could try one of
Speaker 1: the other flavor verse, such as, if that's the worst
Speaker 1: thing that happens to me today, it will be a
Speaker 1: good day. Or if that's the worst thing that happens
Speaker 1: to me today, I'll be pretty lucky in the grand
Speaker 1: scheme of things. Because all of these statements are true,
Speaker 1: the lives of most of us listening to this podcast
Speaker 1: are incredibly good compared to what they could be. The
Speaker 1: store is out of cream cheese, but the store has
Speaker 1: a lot of other edible food that we can afford
Speaker 1: to buy. Our homes have refrigerators to store whatever we purchase,
Speaker 1: and that is just the start of the list of blessings.
Speaker 1: Things could always be worse, and if they aren't great,
Speaker 1: using this phrase, if that's the worst thing that happens
Speaker 1: to me today, acknowledges that whatever happened was an ideal
Speaker 1: but it's about not letting this annoyance have much power
Speaker 1: over us. We can acknowledge the annoyance and then let
Speaker 1: it go. I find this phrase is also helpful when
Speaker 1: we are the subject of someone else's ire. Maybe a
Speaker 1: colleague is unhappy over a small issue, or a driver
Speaker 1: honks because you didn't run that yellow light. You can
Speaker 1: remind yourself that the irritated driver is going to get
Speaker 1: to his destination a mere sixty seconds later, and if
Speaker 1: that is the worst thing that happens to him today,
Speaker 1: he is going to be all right too. No reason
Speaker 1: for anyone to get worked up. I mean, he might
Speaker 1: be worked up, but you certainly don't need to be.
Speaker 1: When the worst thing is just not that bad, it's
Speaker 1: time to rejoice. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
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