Grumpy no more...

You know when you get grumpy and no matter what people try to do or say you're still grumpy? Well that was me a few days ago. There was a specific situation that caused the grumpiness of course, a scenario that impacted me negatively, but one that I had no control over. From around 10am until late in the day I had my office door closed as I did not want to be disturbed in my grumpiness. Plus I suppose I was ready to tear into someone and so I thought it best to minimise the risk of that happening as that would not be acceptable.

I ended up leaving work early. I have an autonomous role and am able to come and go as I please. I still like to keep focused and on-point when it comes to work though and so I rarely leave work and go home ahead of time without actually having an appointment on the way. Not on this particular day though. I shut it down at 4pm and simply left. Good riddance work.

On arriving home these two furry little things were waiting for me and all of a sudden my day didn't seem so bad; I didn't feel quite so grumpy. You're looking at my two cats, Merlin on the left and Cleo on the right. They greet me at the door when I come home (probably because they want to be fed) and always make me feel happy. It was no different a few days ago when I was in a bad mood. They were there meowing at me and rubbing their little faces on my leg.

The image was taken about a week ago. Merlin (the lad) was lying on the blanket and Cleo came over and insinuated herself into the position you see in the image. Merlin subsequently put his arms around her for a cuddle and a paw on her head to keep her still. Funny huh? They stayed like this for an hour or so. It's amazing how a pet has the ability to change a mood from negative to positive with not even a word. They speak in their own way I guess. I certainly felt better on arriving home to these two and felt the troubles of the day melt away.

We are all responsible for our own attitude and my grumpy mood definitely affected mine. It affected every aspect of my day and as good as I may be at squashing it down when dealing with clients and office staff it's always going to come through in some way; Hence my door being shut. It's important to evaluate oneself regularly which I do of course although that day each self-evaluation turned up the same results. Grumpy.

I chose to be that way, to embrace my annoyance together with my negative and unproductive attitude which is not really the way I want to be. I'd been home for about an hour, played with the cats and thought things through a little, before I started to come out of it and understand that the person suffering the most due to my attitude was indeed myself. Once I latched onto that fact things started to improve, my training and understanding of how to master myself kicked in, and I emerged from the black hole I had placed myself in.

Gratitude plays a large part in my self-attitude-adjustments. I have a lot to be grateful for and reminding myself of that assists me to address any shortcomings in my mood, attitude and mindset. I'm certainly grateful to come home to a couple of cuddly little cats and of course, my lovely wife who seems to make all my troubles disappear.