Who Stirs Your Pot?

What is the purpose of 'stirring the pot?'

Does misery love company?

Life is interesting, especially when we choose to view it from a place of curiousity . . .

I am truly curious, what is the purpose of 'stirring the pot?' I wonder how many of us walk through life unaware of how our behaviour affects ourselves and others?

Lately, along my path, I seem to be encountering many 'pot stirrers'. I find it very curious that this has been my observation . . . not really clear as to what it is all about . . . what is my contribution to this?

So, when someone you haven't seen for a while or even a complete stranger walks into a room or a conversation and dumps their verbal diahherra, what is the purpose? How do you respond or react? Is it easier to allow yourself to be drawn into the crap that has just been dumped, knowingly or unknowingly? Often the energy level from where this happens, is very high, engaging, animated and full of drama - almost spellbinding and you are in 'it' without even consciously realizing where you have just gone. And, when they leave, as they usually do, they are feeling much lighter and you are now left holding the bag, so to speak -feeling much heavier.

I believe that we are all students and teachers of life, never quite knowing what role we are playing for another at any given time. If we all became a little more curious about our own behaviour and others, and we chose to view behaviour as interesting, especially when it feels like it is pushing our buttons, what effect do you think it might have upon your world?

"Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances"

Martha Washington