and you deal with the situation in a much
calmer, inquisitive way. If there’s some
moron driving that other boat who bangs
into you because they’re checking a text,
however, you deal with it by going crazy
and calling them a bunch of names
related to genitalia. Again, same exact
situation—you get a scratch on your boat
—two different ways to react.
When someone does something awful
to you, take that person out of the
equation so you can open yourself up to
have a more pleasant, and productive,
reaction (and life). It’s not about them
anyway, it’s about you. If you have
nobody to be angry at, it’s hard to be
angry. Instead, it opens the incident up