The little things...

Pet Peeves is kind of a goofy name for something that bugs you. I guess it's that you "carry around" these things that get you "peeved"...or drag them around as if on a leash. So these peeves become your pets. I think they're more like shirt peeves...hat peeves...backpack peeves....things you wear every day...that you carry around & let bring you down.
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Loud eaters drive Annie nuts...and now they kind of bug me too. They actually ruin moments for me. I'll be having a perfectly good meal, enjoying myself...and then all I can think about is, "why the heck are they so loud when they eat salad? Nobody else eats this loud. It's like they have a little amplifier somewhere the back of their throat." Every once in a while I'll ask someone around me if it's bugging them as well & they'll say that they hadn't even noticed it. My lunch is ruined and theirs isn't...because it's not one of their peeves.
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Babies crying in church...or movies....cell phones anywhere...people who ask and answer questions (do I hate that? yeah, I do) the expression "I could care less" when the person really means that they care so little that they"couldn't care less".

If I could let these little annoyances go...I'd probably get along with people a lot better...I'd probably be able to relate to people better....I'd probably be a lot less judgmental...
this might just be worth a shot...so how should I start?

Maybe it's all about choosing what I'm focusing on...
maybe if I could just think about the things that are "pure, right, lovely...excellent or praiseworthy" in someone....then maybe I'd spend a lot less time looking at the minor annoyances.
who knows?...