Small irritations can drain us of our energy.
Sometimes there are small things in our lives that irritate us, things we really don't have to live with. Case in point. We were living in the basement apartment of a duplex with a door at the top of the stairs that led to the other apartment. It was left open more times than not. That meant our heat escaped. That meant our privacy disappeared as our conversations all migrated up the stairwell. That also meant the poor relatives upstairs had to hear our four boys!
I was forever yelling up the stairs at the kids to "Close the door!"---or running up myself to shut it. Good exercise---but not at my convenience.
Then the idea came to me. I should price a door-closer. Pricing them I found I could get one for ten bucks. Ten bucks to rid myself of a daily irritation. Sounded like a deal. I bought the door-closer, had my handy husband install it, and life had one less irritation!
I smiled each time the door closed by itself.
It was illuminating. It was liberating. It made me think about what other areas of my life could benefit from small changes. What small irritations are unnecessarily robbing you of your energy?
Sometimes there are small things in our lives that irritate us, things we really don't have to live with. Case in point. We were living in the basement apartment of a duplex with a door at the top of the stairs that led to the other apartment. It was left open more times than not. That meant our heat escaped. That meant our privacy disappeared as our conversations all migrated up the stairwell. That also meant the poor relatives upstairs had to hear our four boys!
I was forever yelling up the stairs at the kids to "Close the door!"---or running up myself to shut it. Good exercise---but not at my convenience.
Then the idea came to me. I should price a door-closer. Pricing them I found I could get one for ten bucks. Ten bucks to rid myself of a daily irritation. Sounded like a deal. I bought the door-closer, had my handy husband install it, and life had one less irritation!
I smiled each time the door closed by itself.
It was illuminating. It was liberating. It made me think about what other areas of my life could benefit from small changes. What small irritations are unnecessarily robbing you of your energy?
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