Sometimes things happen. Sometimes things change that you really have no control over.

You can take different approaches on how to handle it, but the way you handle it might just end up saying something about the kind of person you are. There are a lot of people in this world that want what you have. It’s up to you to decide if those things are worth fighting for.

Initially, when something like this happens to me, as it has recently, my first instinct and reaction was anger. You have no idea how pissed this thing made me. I was mad getting in the car. Mad driving home. Mad when I told the story to my wife. My wife is an optimist. She always sees the good in situations and gives everyone the benefit of the doubt. I learn a lot from her. She got me to see the other side of things and realize not what I had lost in this situation, but what I still had. I have taken that a step farther and now also see what I will eventually gain.

So I am choosing to be the better person with this one. Don’t let if fool you though. I have my limits just like everyone else and have simply chosen to pick the battles that I want to fight. Many times, what seems to be such a big deal initially, ends up being no big deal at all.

So let the world around you beat their chests about things. Keep yourself grounded and always remember who you are inside, and always keep your eye on the final prize. Control what you are able to control. If maintaining that control eventually means finding yourself new employment, then so be it.

At this point in my life I find myself more entertained by these people than angry with them. While they gain little bits and pieces of what they perceive as control, I know that I am ultimately the guy at the opposite end of the leash calling the shots. It’s all pretty amusing if you allow it to be.

Dance monkeys.