Perspective

I have heard from people in I Ho Chuan, and with people I work with, about getting angry with things that happen during their day.  Many times when they are driving.  I have had problems with anger in my past (I still do but I think I am able to see it and understand it for what it is) and have had for lack of a better word: tantrums.

I try as hard as I can to keep anger out of my life as it is a very destructive emotion.  I have seen the emotion affect me and those around my very negatively.  Without anger in my life I can see clear, I can assess a situation based on intellect rather than emotion.  Most outcomes are almost always better.

As I wander through life without anger, or at least managing the emotion, I find that I see and pick up thing around me in a more positive light.  The other day I am driving home on highway 16 and someone cut in fairly close in front of me.  This could be a moment of anger; however I let it go.  A few kilometres down the road I was passing an older car quite rusted.  I noticed the window down and a hand came out of the window with a thumbs up.  As I passed I gave a thumbs up back and a younger guy in his early 20's was in the car. My guess is he liked the jeep I was driving and was  acknowledging it.  Because I didn't feel anger earlier my mind was open to seeing something that was cool.

For myself the more I have been able to recognize and control negative emotions in my life, I have found my life has gotten better.  The world is a much more interesting place when negative emotions are limited.