Lynn Toler Instagram – Appears she had a tough day but she wasn’t gonna let it stop her. Headed home with a vengeance. I’ve been there.😂 I like this video because she kept coming and #keepcoming was my mother’s mantra. She preached toughness. She wanted me to stand up for myself but didn’t want me to be delicate. Take #insult, for instance. Her thing was you can’t let other people up end you if they aren’t authorized to do so. Some people are. Your kids do it all the time. It’s their job. #momlife #dadduty But the lady at the register? The guy that cut you off on the road? These people are, in accountancy terms, Disregarded Entities. They exist but they’re so powerless the government doesn’t even want to hear from them at tax time. Also know as Pass Through Entities, all they can do is be a conduit. They can’t redirect anything. That’s what all that noise is out there. People treating Disregarded Entities as purveyors of power. They are not. And not for nothing I am nice to all the Disregarded Entities I meet. Not knowing anything about their corporate structure culture or current monetary health, you don’t want to rattle a cage that might actually fall on you. Deeper still, what if you make that one kind comment that keeps them cool in a scorching hot day of inconvenience and irritations with the occasional indignity thrown in for good measure? What’s kindness gonna cost you? Even if they don’t respond well. As the old joke goes, when you get to Heaven God’s gonna ask you about your sins, not anybody else’s. We’re all doomed to live in the agitation we create. Other people used to get on my nerves so bad I was never happy. THEY were all fine. I was grouchy and discontented. I was the injured party, not them … and there is no wound so ignominious as one inflicted on oneself. When met with new and odd ask yourself shall I judge or enjoy? Knowing that to them, YOU are a Disregarded Entity, why would you hand them your peace? #keepcoming … like my girl here. Getting upset would not have gotten her any closer to her goal. Let’s all be too tough to be taken down by someone else who’s trippin’. Enjoy your day. #emotions #emotionalintelligence Shoutout @failarmy