Some days, nothing goes right despite your best planning efforts. As with anything else in life, your reaction to the situation you find yourself in is more important than the circumstances. Those who can roll with the punches are able to enjoy life more, even if some of them are quite heavy blows.
All this rain we have been having lately led to the basement flooding tonight at my brother's townhome. Truly this is nothing compared to the loss of homes and lives that has happened as a result of these storms, but it is a big deal for him as this is the first home he has ever owned. It also interrupted our plans for a family game night (to celebrate my birthday) this evening, which is even less important in the grand scheme of things.
Now reflecting back on my statement above about a person's reaction to these kinds of situations, I found it very interesting how certain people reacted and what it told me about their personalities. Some reacted with anger; anger at anyone and anything. Some dropped everything else to immediately help. Some seemed to want to pretend nothing was going on and wanted others to do the same. And others just smiled and went to work.
I believe we all lose our sense of priority sometimes, and we allow little things to seem much bigger and more important than they actually are. But then life is made up of hundreds of those little things so it is important also to remember to look for patterns so you can reasonably plan for the future.
Song Of The Day:
I was inspired by the efforts of some of my family members who were quick to offer help when this situation arose. In their honor, reflect on the words in the song "Umbrella" by Rihanna. It is nice to know that there are always those who will share their umbrella with us when life is raining.
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