I am getting to an age where my worries and concerns must be drastically shaved down to a much smaller circle.
I personally can not worry about political wars in other states. I have no way of changing anything there, even if I wanted to. The anxiety that I go through after seeing pathetic human behavior, words and actions, have no impact on my life. Sure we can say, “if that person does that, it could lead to this, and the outcome would be bad,” but again, how can I change anything? I personally can’t. I have to accept that fact.
I certainly will not go door to door expressing my thoughts or concerns. And if I did, what would happen? Not a damn good thing!
That’s the national level, what about the state? There are groups of individuals out there that are in the business of making change in our state. That is their life and livelihood. It’s not mine, so I need to take that off of my plate of concerns as well, and leave that to them!
City wide? I may be a bigger voice in the city that I live in if I chose to. It’s not my thing. What a constant array of conflict that would put me in. No thank you!
What about my own personal neighborhood? We are getting closer to an area that I can and am trying to make a difference. But really, I still have anxiety when I walk in the morning and someone parks their car obscenely crooked in their driveway, or doesn’t pick up trash in their yard, or fails to put their trash cans behind their fence.
One area that I can make a true and long lasting difference is inside the parameters of my own yard, within the walls of our home, and within my own family. I can still project positive character and ethics toward my family, and feel that it makes a difference. I truly believe it always has an always will.
I’m developing a mindset now, that what I watch, or hear on any media outlet, I must just change the channel in my mind if it causes stress. I may also need to change the batteries in my mind’s remote control.