Ah,
You're fuming.
How original.
The world has annoyed you,
And now.
You've decided the most logical response is to destroy your own blood pressure.
Congratulations,
You're playing right into the hands of whatever idiot triggered you.
You're probably eating a sandwich right now,
Not even thinking about you while you're busy having a stroke on their behalf.
Close your eye.
Your anger is a fire.
If you add more thoughts to it.
I can't believe they said that.
What if I did this?
You're just throwing petrol on the flames.
Stop fueling it.
Just let the fire burn itself out in the great.
Don't touch it!
Don't look at it,
Just watch the smoke rise and dissipate.
Is this DEF CON 1?
Are you about to be eaten by a predator?
Then stop treating your inbox like an apex predator.
If you're a 5 out of 5 on the threat scale,
You're living in a delusion.
It's an annoying email.
It's a traffic jam.
It's not an extinction level event.
Look at your anger,
Really look at it.
Does it have a shape?
A color.
A mass.
It's a bunch of chemicals firing in your gut.
It's empty.
Of inherent existence.
It's only as real as you allow it to be.
Think of the people currently sitting in a cell.
Because they couldn't control the fire for 10 seconds.
They made a permanent decision.
Based on a temporary sensation.
Is the person who cut you off in traffic worth your freedom?
Is the co-worker who ticked you off worth your peace of mind?
You're smarter than that.
Don't give them your future.
Visualize your emotions as colored orbs,
The red of rage,
The gray of frustration.
The blue of calm.
They aren't you.
They're just objects on a table.
If you want to stop the red orb from dominating your life.
You don't fight it.
You just turn your attention to the blue ones.
Amplify Let the blue light fill the room until the red one looks nothing more than a dull flickering light bulb in the corner.
You're done.
You've successfully separated the emotion from the person.
That's not just a meditation trick.
That's a superpower.
You don't have to be a slave to your own chemistry.
You're resilient.
You're capable.
And you're perfect.
Even when you're currently working on being a bit less of a hazard to yourself.
Now.
Go do something productive with that energy.
