The Glad Game

Although this may seem strange to you, this actually helped me today. I was coming home from visiting my brother and his wife, Chris and Tete, and it was extremely cold outside. Most of the busses came pretty quickly, however, I had to exit a bus to stop at the bank. The YRT busses are very unreliable. After my visit to the bank, I had to wait 45 minutes for the next bus to come. Now, it was a very busy street, a main street actually, and although it was a Saturday, the busses should still come every 20 minutes or so. On top of that, it was awfully cold outside and the wind was very strong, and I had to use the washroom really badly. So, finally after a long wait for the bus, I was able to get to my street. Now, my house is approximately a 20 minute walk from the bus stop, it could be 15 if you are walking very fast, but I needed to use the washroom so much and I was carry a few bags, so I was not able to walk as fast as I would have liked. So, as I began my walk I was very angry. I was mad at the bus driver, mad that I was so cold, and mad that my back was hurting like hell. So, around 3 minutes into my walk, all the while saying mean things outloud to myself, I decided that being angry would not improve anything. So, I decided to play the "Glad Game". I started out saying obvious things, just to have somewhere to aim my anger at. But then, the more I thought about the things that I was glad that I had in my life, the more things that seemed to pop into my head. By the time I reached my house, I had not yet ran out of things to be glad about, I was actually smiling and my mood had definitely improved. So, from this I learnt that thinking about all the things you have in your life will make the small inconveniences a little less important. And we have this girl to thank for that:

Thank you Pollyanna!