I am responsible for my actions and my reactions to other's actions. Basically, when it comes to how things affect you and how you live your life, you are truly the boss. Any emotional or behavioral reaction that you make is ultimately your responsibility, no one else's. We tend to blame circumstances and people for our successes and troubles, when really, we are the ones that created the outcome.
There will always be environmental factors that will prompt you to react in a negative or positive manner- those can be family, friends, coworkers, the weather or your health. It is up to you entirely how you will receive the environmental factor and how it will affect your behavior.
Next time something negative happens that would normally ruin your complete day, change your reaction. Take whatever happened, think about it for a few minutes and figure out what you could have done differently to avoid the situation or make it better.
Once you take responsibility for your contribution to the negative event, turn it around into a positive and go about the rest of your day as if you had accomplished something. You are the boss of what you do, what you say, and how you react to other people's behavior- no one else.
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