The Lady in the Grocery Store

When we are out of alignment with ourselves and not showing up as the best version of ourselves, we have a chance of having a negative impact on those around us.

Yesterday I stood in the grocery aisle and heard a mother instructing her middle school aged son to reach down and get the item she needed off of the lower shelf.

She sounded extremely frustrated and was very short and pointed with him, even blatantly condescending.

The child was quiet and did exactly what she said, but it was clear, it wasn’t good enough!

The ego part of my brain immediately judged the woman for how ridiculously harsh she appeared to be on the son. Notice...I described this as “ridiculously harsh.”

My “aware” self knows I’ve been the same way!

This woman may have been unaware of her surroundings, hurting in her own way either physically or emotionally, or not aware of the damage she could be causing.

The opposite could also be true.

She may have known exactly what she was doing and the son was not showing up in the way she deemed fit.

Truth is, I will never know.

Versus staying in judgement, I used the cognitive part of my brain to drop into compassion for both her and the boy.

The downside is that even when we take our -hit out on those around us, we still don’t feel better!

Your emotional state is an inside job.

It does not improve with more criticism.

We are all human.

We all have what we perceive as good and bad days.

They are not good or bad, they “are” how we “are” perceiving them that day!

To the lady and the son...”You are 100 percent lovable!”

Let’s go!