Why is this a bad decision??

There are times when we go outside our norm and do things we don’t normally do. For instance, we will say, “You know, I know I don’t usually date people in their 20’s but let me give it a shot”. Next thing you know, you are dealing with adolescent situations that cause you to age with every moment. You find yourself bailing them or yourself out of jail, dealing with their psychotic ex at your front door, and/or feeling the ‘wtf’ feeling in the bottom of your stomach because you KNOW you made a bad decision from the start.

Why do we attempt to fix what is not broken?

As we become older, we realize these life lessons hand us the keys to maturity. So why would we, every now and then, lock ourselves out on the other side of that door; the side of immaturity and bad decisions? I personally believe that every now and then we decide to mix it up a bit and see why we have those boundaries; those necessary and relevant boundaries that protect us from the self-inflicting troubles of life. Because lets face it, life will throw us ‘curve balls’ that we cannot control. So why not control the ‘mess’ we have power over?

We are here in the adult realm for a reason. By the grace of God, we made it. Let’s not mess it up and move backwards. If it ain’t broke…don’t hex it. :-)

Transition…

As I sit here thinking about the times I had in Dallas (Texas as a whole) and I compare it to Denver (the city in which I will reside in just a couple of days), I think about that word ‘transition’. As we know, transition means to change, switch, evolution, conversion, alteration and etc. As I mentioned before (in a previous blog), we as people do not change, only our behaviors/actions. Immediately after that current thought, I think about my life in Denver a few years ago. It was an experience that I did not see coming. This experience brought on new views on life, friendships and relationships. Did that experience change me or did it change my behaviors?

One can only hope to learn from our mistakes and take those mistakes with us as a reminder of what NOT to do. For some, we resort back to that child ‘smile and hide’ phase in our lives that cause us to make the same mistakes continuously. We get back in to those same toxic relationships, allow those selfish friends back into our lives and knowingly harm ourselves.

Why do we go back for additional hurt MORE than we go back to the things that make us happy? Why do we choose to become ‘masochists’ instead of optimists?

This is something thing that I will continue to work on in my lifetime. I always consider myself a ‘work in progress’ because I want to better myself as a person on many levels. Will I always be that person that becomes a slightly nervous when EVERYTHING is going right? YES! However, I am learning to change my behaviors and actions so that I can enjoy the moment right then….right now…at that instant.