Coffee on our shirt

OK, let me ask you. If you were driving to work and had a nice cup of java in your hand and all of the sudden spilled it completely on yourself, how would you feel?
Would you be mad? Feel like your ENTIRE day is ruined or off to a bad start?

Your answers are probably, "yes". You are probably thinking, "ya, I'd be spitting out a few choice words!"

OK...now, let me ask you. If you were driving to work with a nice cup of java in your hand and all of the sudden spilled it completely on yourself because you crashed into the car on the other lane and hit them head-on, how would you feel?

Would you care anymore about having coffee on you? Would you be thinking about how your day is totally ruined because of the coffee on your clothes? No. Probably not.

The fact of the matter is that you would be concerned if you are alive. If you are hurt. Are others hurt, etc.

We...all of us, are so arrogant!

How many times do our kids do something, tell us something or we find out about something and we want to choke them or are so disappointed in them because we see the "coffee on our shirt"?

How many times do we cast judgment about situations with our spouses and loved ones based simply on having "coffee on our shirt".

Everything IS about us, anyway, right? All we really have to be concerned about it how it effects us. What others are going to think/say, etc?

Here is my point. Having coffee on our shirt was a big deal until we knew what the entire situation was. Then, the coffee was not only a big deal, it became irrelevant. On my work this morning, I almost spilled my coffee which got me to thinking about all this. I felt challenged in my own life. How many times do I run into a conclusion and I am on the other side of that where people make up their minds about me without even knowing the whole picture? I don't know if any of this makes sense, but I know for me, driving in to work, I made a decision to try my very best to find out the reason why there is coffee on anyone's shirts. I felt embarrassed that I am SO arrogant at times and don't even care to find out the what, when, why and how.

All in all....I hope to change this area in my life and stop making such a big deal about coffee on our shirt and find out why.