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Anger is the distance between expectation and reality.
Let me say that again…Anger is the distance between your expectation and the reality of the situation.
You know your mother. She has not changed in years and years. Why do you expect her to act differently?
What is wrong is not her consistent behavior, but your inconsistent expectation.
If you have an elephant, don’t try to make it a pig. You mom is the kind of elephant that sleeps to noon, sometimes later. She will never be a pig that gets up early and schedules her whole day around you. Is this different than you hoped, or wished, or dreamed? Maybe, but it is reality, and expecting anything different will just leave you disappointed and angry. It’s not worth it.
You can not change others, you can only change your response.