| This article looks at strategies and gives | | | | I tried to contact John but he did not answer |
| advice to help people control their anger. I | | | | his phone, I went round to see him and he |
| am sure that we all become angry from time to | | | | would not answer his door. I became more and |
| time and want to lash out at the people who | | | | more angry and started to plan my revenge. |
| are annoying us or who have let us down. This | | | | |
| is course is not the answer and the article | | | | Walking away |
| gives tips on how we should be responding to | | | | |
| these situations. | | | | I had many options through the courts which I |
| | | | could and did pursue. It was a lengthy |
| I used to easily become angry and could not | | | | process and John basically did not have any |
| believe the way certain people were treating | | | | money to repay me despite eventually |
| me. I wanted to teach them a lesson which | | | | admitting responsibility. |
| would help them to mend their ways. The only | | | | |
| way I could think of responding was by | | | | I have now decided to let nature take its |
| shouting at them, threatening them or by | | | | course and to walk away. This is not just |
| using violence against them. | | | | from the situation above but from any similar |
| | | | event. |
| I will give you an example of a situation | | | | |
| where a person basically cheated me out of a | | | | When me wife annoys me, I will just walk away |
| large sum of money. I was looking at turning | | | | to compose myself. I was once told to count |
| my front garden into a driveway and I had a | | | | to ten which is certainly a good idea. Being |
| number of people around to the house, all of | | | | angry, like the way I always used to be, is |
| which gave me a quote for the work. | | | | not good for my health and causes me to |
| | | | become stressed, to become depressed and to |
| I decided to accept a quote from John who | | | | lose sleep. |
| seemed a very nice and trustworthy man. Him | | | | |
| and his team spent a couple of days laying | | | | I now see people as apples in a bucket. Out |
| the drive during which I was keeping them | | | | of ten apples, three will be rotten. Instead |
| well supplied with foods and drinks, we all | | | | of feeling angry at the rotten apples, I feel |
| got on very well. | | | | sorry for them. |
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| He advised me not to park my car on the new | | | | I firmly believe in God and have now decided |
| drive for a few days to let it settle and | | | | that I do not need to seek any form of |
| become hardened. I waited a week and then | | | | revenge as he will be judge and jury on |
| drove my car onto the new driveway. To my | | | | judgement day. At this stage these people |
| horror the driveway dipped and I later found | | | | will have nowhere to hide. |
| out from a friend that they had not put any | | | | |
| hardcore (I think that is what it is called) | | | | Living life this way is far easier for me and |
| down. | | | | I only wish I had had this approach and form |
| | | | of anger management technique, years ago. |