coping

The older I get the more I'm surprised about people's inability to cope with stress and change(myself included) We avoid conflict because it makes us uncomfortable. When things don't go our way, we grumble and blame others. Our attitude hinges upon our outlook upon our situation.

This past week in the operating room, we had to switch staff and rooms around quite a bit. There was a lot of grumbling that day. Instead of having the attitude of positivity despite the craziness, people choose to be pessimists because nothing went according to the plan from this morning. I appreciated working with one of the surgical techs. What she said reflected what I was thinking that day..."I just go with the flow, Sou. So we needed to change rooms? We change"

Sometimes I think we make a big deal of small things. We forget the big picture. We're not patient. We are not kind. We do not extend grace to others and sometimes to ourselves.