I discovered a microwave egg boiler, which I thought would bring more ease to making a boiled egg in the morning. The device is shaped like an egg and can hold 4 eggs, 6.5 minutes later the eggs are done, do fuss, no clean up, so more ease for me.
i was distracted one recent morning, I was doing about 3 or 4 things at the same time, so my attention was split. It wasn't really necessary too be doing so many things, I had just returned from a trip and that's they way it was. One of those things was to make breakfast, including boiled eggs, after the timer went off, I noticed the cover of the device was off, thought it was odd and brought the eggs to the table.
I cut the top off the egg and heard a boom, my natural instinct was to close my eyes and when I opened them I saw bits of egg splattered everywhere, over a wide area, including the tv screen. Clearly the top of the container had been off for quite a while, and the egg was now like a mini bomb.
Now was the opportunity to choose what to do, I could beat myself up and call myself stupid, I could make it a reason to have a bad day, I could have a temper tantrum and get angry, I could think I'm not good enough, I could get all victim about it and wonder why did this happen to me, I was feeling good.
Or, I could accept the reality of what was, all that happened was egg exploded, egg made a mess and that was it. Anything more was me adding to it, making it bigger, more dramatic, none of which was going to clean up the mess.
I chose to let it go, I chose to clean up the egg mess, I chose to accept responsibility for what happened, I chose to be more focused in the future and finally I chose to feel good and laugh about it. In no time the mess was cleared up and I went on and had a wonderful day.
It's that easy, no matter how big or small the situation you are facing is, the reality is the reality, it cannot be changed in that moment, just how we chose to react to it.
