Think Again

Yesterday morning as I was leaving the post office, I noticed that an elderly woman was trailing me by a few steps.  So, I stopped and held the door open for her.  She passed through the door without saying thank-you.

My first thoughts went something like this:  ”Who does she think she is.  How dare she not acknowledge my kind gesture.  I should have closed the door in her face.  I should have said something to her.”

After a few seconds of thinking this way, I began to feel annoyed and slightly agitated.

Then, because I didn’t want to feel annoyed or agitated,  I said to myself, “Think again.”

My new thoughts went something like this:  “It was my decision to hold the door open…   And if holding the door open is the right thing to do, it doesn’t matter if the gesture is acknowledged or not…  Get over your self, you held the door open, you didn’t give the lady a kidney.  She doesn’t owe you anything.”

Thinking these thoughts made me smile and because I wanted to keep smiling I decided to keep thinking this way…

Encouragement Always.