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Life's Curve Balls

By Tammy Derouin

The new year is always rung in with the hope that the coming year will be better than the previous year. Even if you experienced a stellar year, there's hope that the coming year will be even better. There's nothing wrong with wanting life to go well. Does anybody wish for chaos and misery? We all know life isn't perfect. Life is full of challenges. Sometimes those challenges turn into battles. How we react and respond to life's curveballs can sometimes play a large factor in the outcome. Do you escalate the situation or try to minimize it by sorting through all the incorrect nonsense or unrealistic fears? The way we respond is certainly within our control.

I've had several discussions, over the years, with my girls about delivery and reaction. Most sibling arguments, or any argument for that matter, could have been avoided if more attention would have been paid to how a message was delivered. The delivery inspires a reaction. Will the reaction cause an emotional escalation or will it calm and redirect the situation? Those are some of life's lessons. It takes years and a lot of practice but the hope is that eventually everyone will learn how to better handle a bad delivery and avoid a bad reaction. Life is never boring and it's a continuous learning experience.

There is usually a difference between adults and children when it comes to their behavior. Adults, who are far from perfect and do not get everything right, have been through many more of life's experiences. At a certain point, you learn to handle the bumps in the road or the occasional nose dive into the ditch with a little more decorum than a two-year old who just had their favorite toy taken away from them.

As I looked back over the stories and events of this past year, the one reoccurring theme was bad behavior and getting away with bad or highly questionable behavior.......