Who me?

“Just smiling goes a long way toward making you feel better about life. And when you feel better about life, your life is better.”

Art Linkletter

I called a friend yesterday and the minute he heard my voice he responded with "Hello Mr. Angry Guy.....how are you?"

I said great to which he replied "really .....you're always sounding angry about wearing masks and everything:.

Who me?

Okay, maybe just a bit.

But seriously, I really normally am not an angry guy.

I suppose I could make a list of stuff that makes me angry.

It wouldn't be that hard and it really wouldn't be that long of a list.

In fact, if I could remember to not listen to the news, not pick up a newspaper and certainly stay away from unsocial media ((that one is mine.....unsocial media) I would never be angry.

Oh sure I might get mad from time to time.

Mad is different than angry.

Mad I get over.

Angry not so easily.

Coincidentally my very next phone call was to a friend who asked"did I see a picture of you looking like a hermit?"

Well yes you did!

Now if I could just remember to live like one,the angry part would probably never be an issue!

We are not always happy. It is , as I said yesterday a choice. One that I make multiple times a day every day.

In the same way, I have buttons .

Buttons that when they are pushed make me angry.

They don't get pushed intentionally. It happens. Kind of like the dog stepping on the remote. He didn't mean to change the channel.

It just happens.

How I respond to these pushed buttons is the only thing I control.

Spewing my anger in my writing is a huge help.

It allows me to vent before anger becomes rage.

That is one way I lose the angry.

BTW....where angry exists happy can not!

Shabbat Shalom!