Thursday Thoughts: Are You Making Yourself Crazy With Your Language Choices?
Guess what? The computer didn't move faster. It did what it does: It moved at its own pace, not mine.
Was the computer upset that I talked loudly at it?
Doubtful.
Was I upset?
Yup. The more I railed at it, the more upset I got.
Were my dogs upset? Yup. They heard the tone of voice and cowered a little in their crate.
Oh yeah. That made me feel soooooooo good.
Why is it that we whip ourselves into a frenzy over small things that don't matter? We raise our voice, which gets hard and strident. We use words like "the worst," "the most awful," or "completely unacceptable" for issues that should barely merit our notice.
And that language just makes us even angrier!
Our animals respond with fear. Our potted plants practically droop in their pots. Clouds cover the sun.
All for what?
Over small things that have the ability to drive us nuts -- because we let them. We characterize them as the worst, the most awful, the totally unacceptable -- and our brains go haywire. Our hearts beat faster. Our blood pressure rises.
We do it to ourselves.
Let's choose a different path, shall we?
Let's choose to hear ourselves and decide to make the changes that keep us (mostly) on an even keel.
Let's check our language and make sure it isn't driving us up the proverbial wall, all for naught.
We can bring ourselves back from the cliff's edge. We can acknowledge we're a little overheated over nothing. We can decide to laugh.
As Yogi Berra reportedly said:
And if you need a little more -- check out this video. I promise you you'll feel much better!
Happy Thursday, everyone! Just one more day before the Friday Funday post to keep the good mood going into the weekend.
I welcome your thoughts!
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John Rylance
6 years ago #7
Susan 馃悵 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
6 years ago #6
Lisa Vanderburg
6 years ago #5
John Rylance
6 years ago #4
Plus its rubbish at predicting text. When I tried to put in rubbish it tried to chose to put rubbishy. An example of everyone including computers are critics of ones humble efforts?
John Rylance
6 years ago #3
if you can't laugh at least smile.
John Rylance
6 years ago #2
Ken Boddie
6 years ago #1