Offense is a peculiar thing in that, if you go about your day looking for it, you’ll almost always find it. In other words, if you’re looking to be offended, you’ll likely find something to be offended by.

Our society is steeped in this issue.

This same simple reasoning can be applied to many things, especially emotional states of being or moods; e.g., angry, happy, sad, worried, frustrated, etc.

I think many of us spend much of our time subconsciously searching for confirmation biases throughout our day to validate how we already want to feel.

The stimuli for however you want to feel are out there, but you have far more choice in how you feel in response to those stimuli than you may realize.

Happy Monday, friends.