1. Today I lost my temper.
2. I am not a redhead.
3. I don't usually lose my temper. I am slow to anger and I try to have the patience of a saint.
4. Sometimes, I fail. Unfortunately today was a sometimes.
5. It wasn't really my fault, but I am figure it always takes two to have a disagreement, so in that respect, it was.
6. When I was younger, I would get angry but not feel it inside. Instead, I would shake uncontrollably and not know why.
7. Now I know when I am angry but I still try to keep a tight hold of my temper.
8. After I lose my temper, I feel guilty and the incident rolls around in my brain for a very long time while I try to figure out if I would have done something different.
9. The only thing I would have done differently today was maybe not have made that particular phone call.
10. It is hard to hold your tongue when you finally reach that breaking point.
11. Once when I got really angry, I turned over a big heavy picnic table. I hurt my back doing it.
12. Another time I got upset and took it out on a bouquet of roses. Petals flew everywhere.
13. But those are the only two temperamental times that really stand out in my mind. (Even today's will fade pretty quickly, as it was just a minor incident in the long scheme of life.)
Congratulations, you're human. Things usually work out in spite of us, not because of us. Best of luck.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Life goes on.
ReplyDeleteit happens to the best of us. take care :)
ReplyDeleteThree fits of anger in a lifetime? Hmm, keep that application for sainthood in - you might just qualify!
ReplyDeleteTOm
Sometimes you just gotta let it out. No biggie, and now you move on. A heavy picnic table? Now, that's dramatic ;)
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine once ate a rose in a fit of pique.
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