Sometimes people’s attitudes can be exasperating. Looking on the bright side, how can it be changed into a learning experience?
Look at the exasperation and ask yourself why you should be exasperated by someone else’s attitude when it is nothing to do with you . . . . or is it?
My mother says she wants to have a good memory, and yet all I hear her say is that her memory is getting worse. I’ve explained that what we believe, we create and it becomes our reality. She takes this in and then the next day, she yet again tells me her memory is deteriorating. This exasperates me.
Why? She would like to have her memory in full working order at all times and so would I like her to have her memory working effectively all of the time.
Meditating on the situation, it came to me that although my mother would like to have a positive attitude, there is something stopping her succeeding. Finding what it is maybe another matter, but it has certainly helped me to accept her behaviour and continue to work with her to improve her memory.
Accepting my mother as she is has worked wonders. She is now beginning to tell me that her memory is improving! All I have done is to change my attitude towards her and instead of frustration, I am now accepting.
