Guided Rumination

First of all, thank yourself for showing up for yourself today.

We’ll do one big inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth.

Now I want you to picture that person from work. Can you believe they’re still doing that thing?

Are they ever going to learn how to function in a workplace?

I mean, really, is it your job to teach them proper etiquette?

Is it even etiquette, or is it just basic human decency?

Did they even go to kindergarten?

I mean, you spend your whole life trying to do the right thing, not ruffle too many feathers, keep your head down and do your work, make pleasant conversation and have it go off without a hitch, remember major holidays and pick up a gift and get there on time and send the full information and have an outfit on and don’t make too much noise and speak confidently and listen closely and love fiercely and party hard and rest easy, and yet…

Some people will never learn.

But you will.

You do every day.

You are the mountain.

You are the morning and the evening star.

They’re the worst.

It sounds like you handled that perfectly.