No good deed... Nah, scratch that! - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

No good deed... Nah, scratch that! - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Someone stole my wallet yesterday. Not in any dramatic way I was out doing a presentation on happiness at work for a group here in Copenhagen. Id left my coat hanging in their wardrobe, and when I left after the presentation my wallet was gone. I immediately called to cancel my credit cards, and there was only 100 kroner in it, so, hey, no big deal. But it did give rise to two interesting thoughts. 1: Im not as annoyed as I thought Id be I really thought Id be mad as hell at something like this. It means replacing my credit cards, drivers license and other ID, not to mention the fact that someone took my wallet! A few years ago, I might easily have spent a LOT of time fuming at that fact that someone stole my wallet, and at all the inconvenience that means. But yesterday I was kinda annoyed for about five minutes, and then I shrugged and thought Hey, so what? Today I hardly even think about it. Know what? Thats really, really nice. Losing my wallet even means a chance to replace my old drivers license which has a truly horrible picture of me :o) 2: One negative thought did creep in I did the presentation yesterday for free its for a group of people who do great work, but dont have a lot of money, so I was only happy to be able to help them. But one thought kept coming back to me after I found my wallet missing: This is what I get for helping people out. Or its close cousin No good deed goes unpunished. Funny, isnt it? There is absolutely no relationship between the fact that I was out helping others, and the fact that my wallet was stolen. It could have happened anywhere. And yet, my mind makes this mental connection between the two, and I can sense a distinct desire to not help others out again in that way. Its a good thing were capable of analyzing our own thoughts, and dont have to take every single notion as fact! Have you ever noticed something similar? Here are more phrases to avoid here. And some good phrases here that we should use more. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related