Someone asked me this question the other day: Do you believe that something can annoy you, purely because it does?
In other words, she was asking if people can get irritated because someone or something is downright annoying.
The answer, of course, is no.
No matter what another person says or does (or whatever circumstances we find ourselves in), our reaction to anything is purely our choice. It may seem as if our reaction is instantaneous (or at least automatically triggered), but it is still a choice we make.
Thus, being annoyed is a choice. We get annoyed because we want to be annoyed. Continue reading