{"id":1900,"date":"2008-12-26T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T16:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2008-12-26T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2008-12-26T16:34:13","slug":"choose-the-third-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/26\/choose-the-third-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose the Third Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2008\/12\/threedoors.jpg\" alt=\"Three doors are presented, take the third door rather than capitulating or giving into anger\" \/><\/div>\n<p>While perusing the RSS feeds this morning I came across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2008\/12\/25\/pay-it-backwards-an-act-of-coffee-kindness\/\" target=\"_blank\" >an entry from my pal Sin-Yaw at Loud Thoughts<\/a> referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/arthur-rosenfeld\/pay-it-backwards-an-act-o_b_151793.html\" target=\"_blank\" >an event that transpired at a Starbucks<\/a> that became a minor news sensation. The net of the story is in a drive-through lane in a Starbucks a fellow patron was rude and impatient. Rather than reacting in kind or asking for forgiveness, Arthur Rosenfeld bought coffee (and breakfast) for the 5 people in the vehicle behind him and drove away.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis action spawned a chain reaction which lasted throughout the day where people purchased the beverages\/meals of those behind them throughout the day. A touching story to be sure, but I think the more important bit of the story is in how we respond to every day adversity. Speaking as someone with a bit of a temper (for those who really know me, don&#8217;t laugh at the understatement) I can say that I struggle with this situation routinely.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs Sin-Yaw and Rosenfeld point out, there are three possible responses to such stimuli: react in kind, meet force with force; or capitulate, give in and grovel; or find an alternative to either of the aforementioned behaviors. That&#8217;s what Rosenfeld did &#8211; he found the proverbial third door. And that&#8217;s what we should all aspire to do when faced with adversity. It&#8217;s a struggle, but one that is entirely worthwhile to overcome.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While perusing the RSS feeds this morning I came across an entry from my pal Sin-Yaw at Loud Thoughts referencing an event that transpired at a Starbucks that became a minor news sensation. The net of the story is in a drive-through lane in a Starbucks a fellow patron was rude and impatient. Rather than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[496,495,493,494],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}