Here is what set this off a little over a week ago
locked myself out of my house one morning a little over a week ago… but I was in my garage and but I had a phone and I was able to call my mother to come over to my house to lend me her key so I could get in…. but that was going to take at least 30 minutes, it was 32 degrees and all I had on was sweat pants, a long sleeve T and a down vest…. I was cold, getting irritated, and saying things to myself like “how stupid am I” (no one needs to answer that by the way
)... “now I am going to be late for work”….. “what an idiot”….. “I can’t believe I was so dumb”
I will admit my inclination at that moment was to “resist” what had just happened, get angry and let it ruin my day….. But, for some reason, it changed and I just let it flow naturally (as with the old saying “go with the flow”).
And I started doing the Yang taijiquan long form, followed by some silk reeling and then other associated taijiquan training. After that…I was still in my garage….. but I was no longer irritated or self-deprecating and I started doing some Baguazhang circle walking, only the first palm change, its all I can remember, but I did circles and figure 8s until my mother arrived with a key to let me in and a bad situation turned out to be a good one because I “Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like” and I was able to get in about a 40 minute, impromptu, workout….. Yup, I was late for work but I felt great and it all turned out fine
I guess it all comes down to how you let things affect you. If I had let my anger and frustration build I am fairly sure I would have had a rotten day and I would have be a joy to be around at the office. But when I let my “ego” go and got my frustration out of the way things just seemed to flow in the right direction this morning and a negative became a great positive.
I will have to remember “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes” although I did forget it this morning and had a bit of n argument at work. But at least I now know I why it happened based on Lao Tzu