I came across the following daily meditation today which I found helpful. I am noticing the way I react to things lately causes more pain than is necessary and I recognise it because instead of detaching from my frustration, I am attaching to it and magnifying it. The following is written by Tian Dayton and reminds me the price of attaching to frustration is a loss of equilibrium and serenity, gifts too precious to ransom.
Frustration
I can detach from my own frustration today. Things do not necessarily always go exactly as I would like them to. When this happens, I have a choice. I can step forward into the situation, try to control it and get it to look the way I would like it to be. Or I can step back from the situation and watch it and my reaction to it and give it some space to work itself out. Somehow going with the flow leaves me more serene than going against it. Losing my serenity feels worse than giving up what a want in the moment. I have worked much harder for peace of mind than for some fleeting pleasure. My momentary desire might be less painful to live without than my inner equilibrium.
I can detach from my control.
Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.
Wiliam Blake
Emerging From The Dark Night 