The Misogynist Milk Drinker

In my day job, I work with a guy who often used the Half & Half and then complained as soon as it was empty (instead of replacing the empty box with a new one). Every time he did that I got upset. Actually, just thinking about it made me upset. But the funny thing is that others in my office didn’t seem to be bothered by his behavior at all. It was just me.

In  my last post I wrote about how my judgmental thinking causes all my emotions and how changing my thinking can change my feelings. That's why I took a close look at my thoughts about this colleague of mine. I noticed that there was a lot of negative thinking involved. His behavior bothered me because I thought that he is lazy and is lacking any respect for women. The way I understood his behavior was that he seemed to expect that the women in the office were supposed to fill the fridge with fresh Half & Half.

Not a trick question: What differentiates a squirrel from a seagull?

My answer: It depends on how we look at it.

On December 1st, 2014, it was unusually warm after we had a big snowstorm with very cold temperatures the week before. I took my lunch out and sat for half an hour outside on a bench. One of these large but extremely cute gray North American squirrels came up to me. It clearly hoped to get some food from me. It circled me once and then jumped on my bench and sniffed my pocketbook extensively. I was blown away. This animal looked soooooo cute with its bushy tail, little nose, tiny beady eyes, and his funny way of moving, half walking and half hopping. SIMPLY ADORABLE, I thought. And besides, it had been a long time since a squirrel had been so close to me. You see them here everywhere, but they are almost always very shy. However, this one wasn`t.