Geysers form when super-heated water gushes forth from deep beneath the earth in a dramatic fountain. It happens. Most of us have moments when we get overheated and explode. Maybe we should just think of those moments not as shamefully losing our temper, but rather as an abundance of energy coming to the surface.
Who or what in your life makes you lose your cool?
Frustration seems to be the attitude that makes me feel “angry”. There are several times when I can feel it happening: one is when I have trouble with physical limits now, as an older person. (I remember that at one point in my later life I tried and failed to turn cartwheels that I did as a young girl. Of course, it’s very unlikely that a mature woman could do cartwheels anymore and furthermore would look ridiculous trying!) A more complicated frustration I have is this: two of my close friends , when we are together as a group, often gravitate to discussing the “woes of the world” and as far as I can see, have no thoughts on ways that there can be solutions. It just hopeless complaining, I think. I feel that if the conversation is going to be about a problem, there should be time devoted to thinking of possible solutions or actions. I don’t want to lose their friendship but I get really angry (or frustrated) that this happens when we’re together. I may be courageous enough to challenge them to consider a different approach one of these days.