It's all how you view it.

One thing I’ve realized recently is that everything is relative. If something is hard, it’s not really hard. It’s just HARDER than yesterday or the day before or the last time you tried that thing. That’s the same thing with “I feel hot” or “it’s so cold” or “I’m bored” or even “I am so tall!” Very few things are so real, so true, that how you feel about them can’t be changed.

For example, I ran track and field off and on for most of my middle school and high school years. My freshman year I was a sprinter and we had to run a lot because we were at the high school and it was hard. In the past it had just been go to practice, run a few lengths of the hurdles, sit around and talk, and then go home. Suddenly it was run half a mile to warm up, run a mile for conditioning, then run a few lengths of the hurdles or the 200 m, and then run another half mile for a cool down. We would end up running probably 3 or 4 miles during each practice and we would have practice every day. It was hard.

So I told myself it was easy.

Running was sissy stuff. I could do this in my sleep. It took me a few weeks but then eventually I didn’t mind running. It used to be hard but then it was easy. I’ve done the same thing with work.

My first day back at  work this year I came home and bawled for pretty close to 2 hours. It was hard. Really hard. I was so ready to quit. And if it hadn’t been for my loving parents I would have. But, now it’s easy. My job includes various degrees of busy. Sometimes I have to erect boxes for 1 machine, sometimes I have to erect boxes for 2 or 3. Other times I have to label boxes for just 1 machine and other times I have to label boxes for as many as 6 machines. Sometimes I’m bored and my job is easy. Other times I’m busy and my job is hard. But it’s all completely relative.

So, basically, what I’m trying to say is that when you feel an unpleasant emotion, YOU have control over it. When you’re bored, make life more interesting. When you’re cold, remember someone is colder than you. When you’re sad, remember you’ve been sadder before and you’ve been happier before and you will be happy again. I will do my best to remember this, but if I get to complaining too much, just remind me:

Life is relative. It will get better and it can immediately if you just change your thinking. It’s all up to you.