A Way to Increase Your Sense of Peace
Do you ever get mad at things? At other people perhaps? Stuff gets under your skin? You find yourself reacting to the outside world and you feel bad afterwards. A of lot mental and emotional energy gets wasted...
I want to share a technique I've been working with and is applicable to all drivers among you.
Now I love driving my car. But I don't drive particularly fast. I enjoy cruising at a steady speed. I could be called a 'sensible' (or boring!) driver.
When I'm slowly cruising, with my music on, some drivers behind me want to overtake... About 6-7 months ago, when this would happen I would get pretty annoyed. The driver behind me would be in more of rush than I was, and inevitably they would overtake...
I would say to myself, "Why is he/she in such a rush!? Can't they have more patience!?"
I would get myself in a right huff and puff about it. Just seeing the driver speed past me, could get me feeling frustrated.
And then I started to play with it...
Whenever a driver would come up close to me, I would continue driving at my speed, and would quietly challenge myself to not react. At first I could probably keep my cool for a few seconds, before the feelings of annoyance would pop up again.
However, the more times this happened, and the less I began to not react, my sense of peace began to increase. I would smile at myself, when I wouldn't react.
Of course, up until now I'm assuming that you are also a steady driver like me.
You could of course be the driver from behind, who likes to overtake the car in front. And maybe you get frustrated and annoyed at the driver in front going at a snail's pace. Let's be honest, this is also a waste in energy. The same applies to you also. Rather than get into a mood about it, just quietly go about overtaking - overtake with a sense of peace!
Warning - This post assumes that you will be driving and first and foremost, it's important to drive safely.
