“Chill”
I got home from another tiring day, having been in CBTL with Gab and Aldo until 11:30PM working out the kinks in our BPO design. I was a bit confused about another little problem that came up, and too emotional as I always am..as I have to stop being (“If you want to be a good leader, you have to control your emotions”)
It was about 12:30AM but my dad, having these weird psychic powers, must have felt that I needed to talk to him so he woke up and went downstairs as I ate my dinner/midnight snack.
He dished out great advice, as he always does..as I expected him to. He made me see the perspective I may have been missing. He made me understand that sometimes people don’t find the right words when they are feeling sad or upset..that we should see beyond that, see how they may have been hurt by us even if it is not what we intended, and still find it in ourselves to apologize for hurting them without knowing. While it is human to say it was not your fault that the person took offense, it is much better to say “I am still sorry I did not avoid that situation which hurt you.”
It was wrong of me to get upset, in return. Two wrongs don’t make a right, after all.
And then he told me, before we both went upstairs: “Chill. Don’t be too intense.” He used tennis players as an example. He talked about how one player (Murray?) was very skilled, but too hard on himself..to the point that he psyched himself out already. While the current number one tennis player actually takes the time to make jokes, play around and just have fun while being great at tennis.
So despite the bit of emotional confusion towards the end of the day (and the stressful bits and pieces here and there), I will make it a point to say:
This day was good. This day was fun. Tomorrow is another one :)
