Anger and Flying Hands

 

A lot of perseverance has to go in to control your anger.Otherwise,your popularity quotient becomes as low as a deep trench (pardon the analogy!).

Anger is just one of the emotions which comes to us naturally;but with a little help from the human brain (which differentiates us from the lower primates:monkeys,apes and baboons),it can be curbed to quite an extent.

An example I came across today,a case of physical aggression,enlightened me on the behaviour of a typical human being and the consequences of the action;and since I am writing this entry,there has to be at least a bit of joking involved!What happened was,one of my good friends was checking the facebook profile of her friend (a 'he').The person wasn't exactly what I would classify as tall,dark and HANDSOME.Short,dark and a bit on the uglier side would probably fit the picture better.Now,another friend saw the unwelcoming portrait and made an unfortunate comment,which was quite funny,though.She told him not to say that;but boys will always be boys,and so he continued.In a flash,I saw his spectacles fly off in a sharp projectile.As you may have guessed,the impact of the hand on the face was,well,unsightly,to say the least!The now red-cheeked friend did one smart thing,though.He did not flinch,just blinked,picked up his (now a little cracked) spectacles and ambled on to another spot (perhaps to feed on less violent prey!).

Now,let's come to the consequences.This puts our subject in a very compromising position and hands over the dominance of the duel to the ambler (let's call him that,shall we?).She has a shameful incident to deal with and the day isn't getting any brighter.With an attitude like that,the word "sorry" is mouthed at a dime a dozen,and thus fails to retain it's value.This only leaves an unflattering way of making up a story before the ambler blurts out the truth.We will take up the topic "cock and bull stories" later,though.

To avoid situations like these,one can always use a little more brain juice to control the flow of hot blood through his or her veins.Simple ways include counting to ten;hundred,if you are a fast counter;imagining a fat person trying to get up;or anything that gets that smile to work it's magic;and finally,the least used method,THINKING.

Thinking about the consequences,or how stupid you look,and for you smarty-pants out there,thinking by putting yourself in the shoes of the person in front of you.He's a human being too,however big an ass you think him to be.God knows how many people think of you the moment they hear the word 'ass',but we will not discuss that now.

Anyway,keeping your anger in control will mend a situation far more efficiently than expressing harsh forms of anger ever could.

So long,people!Try to keep those flying hands in check.