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How do you react to life’s bombardment of daily stressful situations?  Are you quick tempered and do you easily fly off the handle, or do you remain calm, cool, and collected?

I have battled with a quick temper since I was a child, it has taken me a long time to learn how to control my temper by raising my self-awareness.  If someone cut me off on the road in the past, my immediate reaction was to get upset and give them the finger.  If I spilt my morning coffee all over my shirt, I would get upset and allow it to ruin the rest of my day. 

Once I developed an understanding of the law of attraction, I realized I was attracting more situations in my life which created those negative, angry outbursts.  It was time for some attitude adjustments.

One of these adjustments came with learning how to be more empathetic.  Once I was able to put myself in the shoes of the guy who just cut me off, I was able to stop overreacting to what he did.  I realized maybe he isn’t really a jerk, but instead he is late for an appointment, or maybe he simply miscalculated how fast I was going.  By putting myself in the other person’s shoes, it allowed me to be less reactive and more understanding.

Another big adjustment I made was learning how to roll with the punches.  Let’s face it, bad stuff happens to all of us, regardless of how we react to it.  I became a lot more adaptable to life’s stresses once I viewed them as a normal part of my life as apposed to a big traumatic event. 

Bad things are going to happen to us and people are going to do things to potentially upset us.  Learning how to remain calm in spite of these situations frees us to remain in a more positive and supportive mindset.

Tags: Development, Law of Attraction, Personal Growth