How to manage anger

Have you ever been so angry with a person, or to a certain situation that made you really boil inside that you felt like a volcano ready to explode? That person might be your boss, a member of your family, your boyfriend, or girlfriend, or your spouse or your kids, or just the plain people around you. Well, that’s normal, you would say because you’re just human. One time or another this negative feeling visits our everyday life and makes us confused, if not makes us always feel sorry for the result, if not controlled. I stumbled this beautiful story which I want to share with you. This is how it goes:

‘A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of an international airport. As she had to wait for hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. She bought a packet of cookies, too. She sat down on an armchair of the VIP room of the airport to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies was kept, a man sat down, opened his magazine and started reading. When she ate the first cookie, the man took one, too. She felt infuriated, but didn’t say anything. She just thought: “The nerve! I would just want to punch his eye to remind him of his daring act!” To each cookie she ate, The man ate another one. She felt the rage inside her chest, but couldn’t react. When only one cookie remained, she thought, “Ah, what will this abusive man do now?” Then, the man divided the last cookie in the middle, giving her the other half. Ah! That was too much. She stood up fuming mad! Then, she took her book and her things and headed to the boarding area. When she finally took her seat inside the plane, she looked into her purse to take her eyeglasses, and to her surprise, her packet of cookies was there, untouched and still closed. She felt so ashamed! She realized that she was very wrong. She forgot that she kept her cookies in her purse. The man divided his cookies with her without any feeling of infuriation….while she was very mad thinking that he was dividing her cookies. And there was no more time to explain herself, nor to apologize!”

There are four things that you cannot take back:

The stone after it was cast…

Your words after they have been said…

The occasion… after it’s been missed…

The time… after it’s been gone…