Nothing is inherently annoying, yet you can choose to be annoyed by just about anything.  Similarly, no situation is inherently embarrassing, or stressful, or frustrating.  Embarrassment, stress, and frustration are some of the many ways in which you can choose to respond. Or you can choose another, productive response making life stronger, more understanding, better equipped toward finding choices that create a joyful heart.

Keep in mind that your response to any situation is always your choice. After all, it’s you doing the responding. And it is in your best interest when you choose wisely. Those who consistently respond with anger or envy, annoyance or frustration will reap the bitter rewards of those bitter responses. Yet when you choose to respond with understanding, with patience, with confidence and courage, the rewards will be far sweeter; maybe not here and now, but in the whole of life.

The situation does not determine the response. You determine your response. In every moment, in every circumstance, you can choose the response that will move your life positively forward. As such, nothing can bring you down unless you choose to be brought down. Nothing can annoy you forever, or frustrate you beyond this moment, or keep you dismayed.

You always have the choice to respond in the best and most positive way. Each time you choose your own positive, creative, empowering response, whatever the situation may be, you move yourself and the whole world forward.