Everyday Canvas

Frustrations and Difficulties

For "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" 
Prompt: “All frustration is due to unfulfilled desires. If you dwell on obstacles, delays, and difficulties, your subconscious mind responds accordingly, and you are blocking your own good.”
Joseph Murphy
Do you agree with the quote, and what frustrates you the most?

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I am not sure about the unfulfilled desires part of the quote. We may all have unfulfilled desires but we don’t cry over spilt milk, do we?

To the second sentence in the quote, I say, Amen. Life is difficult and small things or sometimes big things are irritating. Try waiting on a long line when you shop and just before your turn comes, the cash register breaks down. I usually seethe at the moment, and then, let it go. It isn’t worth wasting my time and brain power.

Then, sometimes, other people’s words and actions throw me off. This usually has to do with those who just talk without grasping the entire thing or without knowing my role in it. As Aunt Acid says on the Net, “being judged by someone who isn’t even close to having their own crap together” can be frustrating. Still, I let it pass. Such stuff is not worth a moment’s aggravation.

Of course, huge life events that are negative like grief over losing someone do not belong in this frustration category. They are debilitating and crippling and much more than frustrating.

For: "Space Blog" 
Prompt: From sindbad ’s "Face what you must Face" 
"Krishna says – When you avoid what you must face in life, it becomes bigger than you and takes control over you.*
What do you think?

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Absolutely, correct.

If we don’t face a difficulty, that difficulty takes over our lives and even our brain power and emotions, if not our health and finances. As a material example, if we neglect taking care of poor wiring in the house, that wiring could cause a serious fire, for example. Then, the problems would be much more than poor wiring.

Not just material difficulties but physical and emotional problems, too, when not faced properly may end up with an avalanche of much more serious problems, far too impossible to handle.

Besides, facing challenges makes us stronger and probably wiser, too. So why give up the control, when we can handle things more easily?