Will it Matter?

 
I read an interesting article on what I will term as, importance.  Do you remember how spun up you got the last time someone cut you off in traffic?  Can you recall the feeling you had the last time you had a significant argument, or how upset were you when you came out to find a scratch on your car?  Each example does one thing to you.  It takes some of your energy.  Now, how much it takes is internally negotiable.  Meaning, we have the choice to decide the amount of energy given to any event in our life.  Now, think about each one of the examples above with one little twist.  How important will it be in one year?  Will you even recall the day traffic spun you up, will that argument matter, and that scratch is probably buffed out? 

We expend a lot of energy on the wrong things.  That is just what we do.  We are impatient by nature and want instant gratification.  To be patient, takes effort and practice.  I can go days and weeks sometimes then just have a period where I spin out of control all due to impatience or an undesired outcome.  In most cases when I look back at the spin out, it really was not that big a deal after all, and  I am certain I will not remember it next year.  Ask that one simple question the next time you feel the big spin coming.  Will it matter?