When lost in brooding about how someone has annoyed you, remember a phrase used by members of Recovery International: ‘People do things that annoy me, not to annoy me.’ When you remove intentionality it’s easier to shrug at the everyday annoyances of life.
Try: Email the phrase to yourself, put it on the fridge (well, depending on who you’re living with) or think of someone annoying and see if it applies to them.
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