Are there things or people that annoy you?
Most of us have ‘em.
Allowing yourself to be annoyed is a side-effect of something you (or someone else) is thinking, feeling, or doing.
You tell yourself a story.
You push hard against it.
You allow [whatever it is] to grow, to amplify, to make you even more annoyed.
Let this continue, you get angry.
Annoyance causes stress.
Anger causes more stress- your stress.
Yet most of us work hard to amplify it.
The thing is- being annoyed serves no purpose…whatsoever.
That is- other than causing harm.
To paraphrase Buddha- harboring anger [annoyance] against someone [or something] is like holding a hot coal in your hand waiting to throw it at them. You’re the one who gets burned.
Drop it.
Let it go.
