4 Things I Choose Not To Do... (Part 2)

This week I will be blogging over 4 choices is making in not choosing them (hope that makes sense. I believe that by sometimes choosing what you will not do has greater influence in what you choose to do)

2. I choose not to fight battles over things that don't matter.

Have you ever found yourself in a conflict that in the middle of it you thought to yourself, "Self, you sure are fired up about something, but what you are arguing has little to do with it." I don't think I am the only one guilty of this line of self-destruction. Truth is we fight over things that have little to no consequence. We can misdirect and project our frustrations onto innocent parties. I had a Sociology professor who gave a great illustration of how we do this:

"A man is yelled by his boss. Because he can't yell at his boss, he goes home and yells at his wife. Because the wife doesn't accomplish much by yelling at her husband, she yells at the kid. Because the kid is the lowest on the family food chain, he decides to kick the cat."

I'm not recommending not fighting. Because there are big things that we need to stand up for. What I am suggesting is taking the time while you are in conflict and asking yourself "In six days, six months, 6 years or 60 years; WILL THIS MATTER?"

If not, then take a greatly different approach.

I choose today to only fight the battles that matter and steer clear of the ones that don't.

Heart and Soul,
BAG
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