In distress, not desperate

SUMMARY: We should not let small setbacks depress us or exaggerate our problems. It's important to have a realistic perspective and not complain excessively. Accepting and solving small difficulties prepares us for bigger trials. We can learn and grow from every problem we face, and trials should be used as opportunities to gain experience and spirituality. With God's help, we can overcome any inconvenience or difficulty.

Letting ourselves be depressed over trifles is not only absurd, but it is also not pleasant for the people around us. There are people who have the ability to magnify the smallest setback, turning the most common inconvenience into a tragedy of great proportions.

For our sake it is necessary that we learn to catalog the events in our lives from a realistic perspective. There are big problems and there are minor problems. The attention we give to each other, and the effects of them on our mood and well-being, can never be the same. The people who interact with us will respect and value our emotional intelligence when they confirm that our feelings and reactions correspond to the problems in which we are involved. The opposite will happen when they discover that we are exaggerating our ills or illnesses and constantly complaining about anything.