No Good and Bad ...

and changing negative attitude into positives.

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - from Hamlet , Wm. Shakespeare; Act II, scene ii


There is the famous Zen example about the man and his son and the horses that ran away. But I finally able to find some examples from my life. 


There really is no good or bad, only my reactions and things I control and things I can't. 


Example 1: Parking Spot. 
I've been trying forever to get a parking spot closer to my office, but all to no avail. My thinking is that I've been here long enough, don't I deserve a good spot?? No one agrees or cares. And I'm pissed and feeling unappreciated blah blah blah. And I was even on the verge of quitting over this but then I've been on a fitness/exercise kick and realized that parking farther makes me walk and burn more calories, so now I don't care about the spot nearby. 


Example 2: Changing Water
My department has about 20 people, who come and go and drink the water, but only two or three people ever change the water which weighs about 20, 25 lbs. And I use to get pissed off and think about how lazy they were, etc, but then I started this fitness/exercise kick and now I've included it into my office workout routine and look forward to changing it and even will fight for the opportunity to change the water bottle. 


No good or bad. And things I control, which is my reaction, my responses. I can't change other people.