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Last week I was on my way to the mall with my family to get some errands done. Thinking to confirm the best route to take, I quipped: "We should take a double left turn later?" To which my sister immediately replied, "No, we'll need to take a left followed by a right turn!" "You should be turning right and then left" added my mum. "What on earth are you talking about? Where will that lead us??" my sister exclaimed incredulously. I was puzzled and self-doubt set in. I will admit to being a bit of what I term a "road-idiot" - someone who does not remembers or recognizes roads well and tends to lose their way easily. Thus I began to wonder if the route I thought was best was in fact wrong. Yet after some deliberation, I assuaged my self-confidence that the route I picked should in fact be correct and started wondering why my sister and mother would think otherwise. What exactly is happening here? To explain, let us first read ...

I will be the first to admit - I have not had much happiness since my last post on exercising those happiness muscles . Was I too stressed out to notice those little pockets of happiness life has thrown my way? Probably. Was I too grumpy to remember to keep that smile on? Most likely. Have I forgotten to live in the moment and enjoy it? Absolutely. So I had been cruising through the week grumpier than Oscar the grouch , snapping at others and complaining every chance I got. Thankfully the wake up call came in the form of this story which I had saved to my Pocket . When the boss gave a task, I got bitter at why it can't be done my way since my way was 'better'. When friends did something out of my norm, I got irritated why they do not see that it is just 'common sense' not to do so. When the little ones tried to play with me, I got angry at why they are so needy and cannot just give me some alone time. The common thread throughout is that it is about ME . It was al...