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Come on, we know we have all felt it at one time or another. Road Rage. I believe the feelings road rage triggers are felt in all walks of life and not just on the road. So how do we take care of those feelings? What is the best way to address them?
Have you ever thought o
f keeping a journal for those times when life is just beating you over the head? You come home and grump at your wife or husband or kids. They don’t deserve it and can’t figure out what is wrong. Try taking a moment and sitting down with a journal. Write freestyle. Don’t think. Just write!
Don’t know where to start? Think about the one key thing that happened to you that you just can’t get over and let go. Perhaps it was the guy who cut you off. May-be the gal who was going to slow and trying to put on makeup behind the wheel, or what about that jerk that was on the cell phone and tried to make a lane change right next to you.
If not on the road, were your bad feelings caused by an angry customer, someone who yelled at you, or a boss that demanded more than you could give.
You would be surprised as you let your writing flow, that the incident that caused road rage might not be what is really bugging you. As you write, more and more feelings will come out that you might not realize they even existed. The journal can take it. Pen everything you are feeling.
After a few pages, you will start to relax, the stress will leave you. You will feel extremely exhausted, but at the same time you will feel light, almost refreshed, somewhat like how you feel after freshening up in the washroom with a cold facecloth.
You can let it go and then go and face your family with a grin of apology for being so grumpy.
