Block It Out

It occurred to me when I had myself knee deep in insults and accusations. What is the point of responding back when you know it will just lead to more problems. By paying attention to things that are trying to nag us, we are just led down a road of problems and frustration. So why do we respond back to these nagging things? This does not just apply to people but just problems in general.

We always feel like we need to put in the last word. Somehow we are led to believe that if we put in the last word we win. It's not always like that.

There are times where there are things that are trying to inflict damage upon us. Many times these problems can be solved by just not responding, by blocking it out. Literally and figuratively. I have been dealing with problems with my arches recently and it has been taking a toll on me mentally. It has led me to just dread doing the thing I love doing the most. I was left dreading a pain that I knew was going to come, not something I was feeling at the moment. So then I am bummed for something that has yet to happen. I waste my time being sad over something that I am currently fixing. Now if I had just had just blocked out what I knew was coming I could have spent that time doing things more productive instead of wondering why am I hurt at this time. When the time finally comes to run I'll be in a good mood instead of waiting for the pain to surge up from the bottom of my feet. Then when it comes I can just shrug it off, its a painful road to recovery but recover I will, theres no use in being frustrated when you know you are doing everything you possibly can.

Same comes when you are dealing with a people that love to antagonize you. I'm sure many can relate to these kinds of situations, where you are basically being pushed into losing your cool. Now-a-days it seems like it is all a match of wits. A chess game of sorts. Sadly at times that is what communication is. One person trying to gain the upper hand on the other. Such is the case when one begins to insult the other into losing their cool. You see it all the time, where people are just throwing insults out just to make it seem like they are in control. The person being insulted has to realize that they are really in control because once one is reduced to insulting someone on the basis of nothing at all they have already lost. All the person that is being insulted has to do is keep their cool while the the person that is insulting looks like a jackass. Ironically by keeping your cool you piss them off beyond belief and when that moment comes all one has to is press the eject button. Remember you don't need to talk to people if you do not want to. You don't need to put in that last word. Just block them out and it is one less problem to deal with.

This is not to say that one should just go out and block everything out, making yourself numb to the pains that come with life. No, we have to deal with these things to make us strong. What I'm saying is that their is some things that one does not have to deal with, people you don't have to deal with, things that you don't have to let get to you etc.

Life is more chill when you just block things out.