Ya know life is funny in the sense of what and who you encounter, how you handle the meetings/interactions and if you allow them to remain in your circle without letting them know how you truly feel. Growing up I was the type that was reserved and would hold my tongue and not express how I felt out of concern for the other person because I didn't want to offend or hurt THEIR feelings, regardless of if they hurt mine. Now, as an adult I have matured that thought process. I live my life to music as it is always playing throughout the house or car so I have always found songs appropriate for many areas of my life. Now, another that best describes the last few months of my life has appeared and taken form. Cee-Lo Green sums it up nicely for me.
Now the above referenced song, which is NOW my new mantra, kind of made me stand back when I heard it and beam at the genius that Mr. Green laid down on the track. Although his reference is about a woman I feel that it so fits me and where my mind is right now at this stage of my life. I have had the experience of working in a field where I have met ALOT of people on a daily basis, good and bad. Most of the clients come thru and they may be emotionally charged because of their issue or the criminals may be keyed up because as they put it, "The Man" has illegally charged them so you have to deal with them with kid gloves. I have always attempted to listen to people unobjectively but there are plenty of times that I just feel like standing up, pulling their ear, and yelling into it....F*CK YOUUUUUU!!! If not for the PC angle of my employment position it would have happened years ago but ya know you keep your piehole closed when it might affect your cash flow. My mentor has always told me that controlling my tongue would be the longevity to a long solid career and I made sure that anytime I was going to blow I had her image in pearly-white clothing on my shoulder repeating those words to me. Great words from a very intelligent, successful, compassionate woman and I am so thankful for her tutelage. But as I have traveled the road of professionalism I also have noticed that this is a great position to stand upon in life but it's also a position that allows tension and anger to build, much like the tension and anger that many associate when they say a person went "postal"! I could adopt the mantra of the great Frank Costanza and yell "SERENITY NOWWW!!!" anytime I felt that "postal" feeling but alas as we all now even that mantra was flawed! So, I settle on Cee-Lo.
I now agree with Cee-Lo and anoint this song MY new outlook for all foolishness and ignorance that comes my way. My life should be what I enjoy and include who I enjoy. All of our lives should follow this form so we aren't stressed on a daily basis, worrying about things that we have no control over. Life is so short, regardless whether you live 10, 30 or 85.5 years! It shouldn't be spent concerning yourself with not being your true you or how others perceive you.
That is all.
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