Keeping step with the Spirit

It is 6:44 a.m. I should be asleep as I am still very tired and need the rest. But the brain will simply not shut off and my body is aching.
Some days and weeks are just harder than others and even getting older does not provide a cure for this.
I had an extremely busy two weeks just passed. It didn't really need to be that way as I look back but it did not totally depend on me. Somehow I thought if I just worked harder and filled in the gaps where others had dropped the ball, all would be well. It does not really work that way. Someday I will learn that I cannot do the work of 4 or five people.
I recently gave a ministry workshop. One of the things that was this..... if I am doing this for Him..really..then I need to make sure He is always at the centre of it. It is sooo easy to lose sight of this critical principle. When our joy is gone in serving, it is likely not He who left the premises.

When we are disappointed or discouraged by events or the attitude and lack of effort on the part of others, how DO we deal with it in a Christ like manner. He did after all know how things would unfold. He knew our hopes and dreams and expectations. But for His reasons He still allows "stuff" to happen and people to let us down .
First of all I need to examine my heart
What is the real reason I am feeling let down. Pride? The esteem of others? A desire to not let people down?
None of these sound like I am determined not to let the Lord down or bring His Name into disrepute. None of it sounds like I want people to know Him and the power of His resurrection. In fact I think it sounds a lot like its all about me. Ouch!!
I am not saying that we can't learn from every thing we do. We need to or we don't grow.
Nor am I saying we can't put forth an extra effort even though it is "not our job"..the idea of saying that I have done my part and now it's over is not Jesus attitude. We give it our all..for Him. God is perfectly capable of dealing with wrong attitudes in others as they are willing to learn... we are not the Holy Spirit in someone else's life. (I am speaking loudly to myself here!!)
I truly believe that if our heart is right in all that we do.(Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,) we won't fall as often into the trap of discouragement or a critical attitude.
I keep telling people where the answers to to our dilemmas are found and then I forget to access those same resources myself..here it is
Galatians:
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

Oh yeah I am very sore because in my focusing on the urgent (as opposed to the important!!) I missed a single step on our first floor inside my house and went down hard on my right hip . At my age you always pay for any misstep and the double meaning is fully intended!!!

I would love to hear about your own learning curves.. they are lessons for us all!!