Garbage Day!

     I can tell when I'm on the right track because now that I have had time to make decisions to move forward in my life and have dipped my toes into a comfortable state of awareness; I get dumped on!

We all have it, the days where the alarm doesn't go off- for whatever mysterious reason, the hot water runs out of the shower while your still covered in shampoo, the toast gets burnt to a cinder, the coffee tastes like mud from wonky kettle water, and you miss your transportation by the barest of seconds and you have to walk it. Undoubtedly halfway to your destination nature decides to chuck it down and rain on you, making you so glad you tried to do "something" with your hair that day; delightful.

Take for example today, it's my garbage day and pick up around my end of town. As I was walking home after early morning errand running; I was feeling pretty good about my recent choices of having an open heart and leaving junk in the past. From out of nowhere I literally get bags of garbage slammed into my side, tripping over and nearly dropping my shopping! Now, the immature me of the past would have given the pitiful garbage collector an earful and I would have made sure he heard my wrath; but I don't know today seemed different and all I did was look at the unexpectedness of it all, shake my head in disbelief then casually walked on towards home.

Back home as I was unloading my groceries I felt this warmth come over me and I had to smile to myself; it seems I had passed some sort of cosmic test and I felt deeply loved.

I believe that when your trying to make good in your life your bound to be tested, sometimes to your limits, to see if you stay on track and today, at least, I seemed to stay on course for my life- which felt pretty good!

Take a look at your day and if that friend or colleague is dumping on you about their problems or finding ways to tear you down; ask them why? Why do others take such pleasure in bringing other people down? I have found it's because they can not cope and want to feel like they are not the only one feeling dumped on! At these instances you can do several things, have a verbal altercation, walk away in frustration, tell them to stop, or my favorite is to break into a smile, hand them a coffee and confuse the hell outta them. They will learn their lessons eventually and in the meantime you are still on track to having a better day and peace within your own life.

So to everyone who gets dumped on, quite literally at times, I share a coffee with you and hope you continue to have a bright day, cheers. :)