The source of much of our distress, discontent and low morale can be traced back to our misunderstanding how to live, and how to react based on rational considerations and common sense perspective.
In short, we need to categorize the few things that matter in one group, and then take those seriously, fretting when our efforts to get them done is not going well.
The majority of things that we fuss about are of little lasting value, one way or the other. It is complaining about and overreacting to these latter petty annoyances that make us so frustrated and desperately unhappy. We need to remain cheerful and calm when dealing with them, and then our morale will rise, and our positive attitude allows those around us and ourselves to be of good cheer as we cease fighting and obsessing about trivialities. We have learned not to sweat the little stuff, and this removal of a huge source of aggravation is a major step forward to finding and keeping happiness.
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