You irritate me .…. In fact there are times I could just get in your face and scream ….. Are you ever going to get it …… I’ve told you a thousand times ….. You are a pain in my side …… Life would be better for us all if you would just snap out of it and pay attention ….. And we all know that the person hearing all of this, will immediately become a perfect angel and bless us immensely .. NOT
Sometimes it is not a person but it is an issue and more issues or animals or the government or the weather that is so troublesome and irritating to me. You, or someone should do something about it so that I would not be in this state of agitation. Maybe if I move to a different state it will all be better..
So, what is really happening here? Three guesses and the first 3 don’t count. You are the problem; No .. The issues are the problem; No .. The government or someone in charge is the problem; No ..
Let’s try the relational maturity approach and see what the irritation issue is; As a RM Infant, life is all about me and I have no capacity; As a RM Child, life is all about me and how rules should make everything ideal. I have very little tolerance or capacity; As a RM Adult, life is about having a balance with everyone and everything doing their part. I have a breaking point when my capacity is overloaded and I am carrying too much; As a RM Parent I see you as the frail or malfunctioning person you now are. I have mind sight into how you are and I can attune to you. I see issues as issues and not as people. Animals and things are animals and things. I have large capacity because I am not carrying every one and everything. I am helping and providing for every one and every thing in my care, as they are and where they are. I enjoy helping them mature. I may feel tired, but I don’t feel agitated and irritated.
Sooo, the irritation I am feeling is actually a test for me to see how mature I am and where I need to relationally mature. I can actually do something about me because I can mature and “put away my childish ways.” God didn’t intend for me to be stuck in infant, child,” or even “adult” mode. I can grow up into the life of liberty that comes from being the relationally mature man or woman of God that He has created me to be.!