06-17-2012, 05:49 AM
I guess look for the lessons he has brought you with that exchange. What have his actions taught you? How have they affected who you want to be human. Ride out the anger because it will always pass.
Reminds me of a catalyst I had at the start of the year. We where getting a lot of work done on our house, tradesmen where coming in and out most days. A few times I had come home to find the painters had left the yard gate open with my dog chilling in the front yard. This made me extremely angry as they where told pretty specifically to shut the gate, what made it worse was one of the painters was just telling me the other day how he has a dog with the same name as mine, he was also pretty fond of my dog and she seamed to like him. So how could he be so thoughtless with all of that in mind.
One day I came home to find my dog no where in sight and the gate open of-course. So I fill with rage and go looking for my dog who I luckily found in a nearby park sniffing tree's. I was extremely angry at this point and told my dad to tell the painters if they leave the gate open again they will have to deal with me. The next day I guess I felt extremely guilty with my rage, luckily enough the next time I saw the painters they apologized and the gate was never left open again. I learnt both to be more mindful of things you may deem small eg shutting a gate, and forgiveness of-course.
Reminds me of a catalyst I had at the start of the year. We where getting a lot of work done on our house, tradesmen where coming in and out most days. A few times I had come home to find the painters had left the yard gate open with my dog chilling in the front yard. This made me extremely angry as they where told pretty specifically to shut the gate, what made it worse was one of the painters was just telling me the other day how he has a dog with the same name as mine, he was also pretty fond of my dog and she seamed to like him. So how could he be so thoughtless with all of that in mind.
One day I came home to find my dog no where in sight and the gate open of-course. So I fill with rage and go looking for my dog who I luckily found in a nearby park sniffing tree's. I was extremely angry at this point and told my dad to tell the painters if they leave the gate open again they will have to deal with me. The next day I guess I felt extremely guilty with my rage, luckily enough the next time I saw the painters they apologized and the gate was never left open again. I learnt both to be more mindful of things you may deem small eg shutting a gate, and forgiveness of-course.