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Just a Thought...

Calm Down!

Have you ever found yourself shouting ‘Calm down!’ knowing full well that whomever you are directing this outlandish order at will not react in the desired way? Has anyone in the history of time ever calmed down when someone barks ‘CALM DOWN’ at them?

It’s a similar situation in television dramas. When the perpetrator is running from the crime scene those in hot pursuit bellow ‘STOP!’ or, ‘COME BACK HERE!’. Can you recall one instance where the criminal halted their dash and slowly walked back towards the police to be placed in handcuffs? Then there are traffic jams and of course it matters not if it is a 5-minute wait or a 10-mile tailback, drivers lean from their window to holler, ‘COME ON!’

I wonder why we do it? Perhaps our energies would be better served in talking to the toddler in melt-down or ringing for back up for the burglar or perhaps deep breathing for the drivers? Yet we don’t learn, we repeat the same nonsensical behaviours time and again through frustration, fear and impatience. I am guilty as charged and could definitely take a spoon of my own medicinal advice.

So, dear readers, as a collective in our curious fallibility, shall we take the time this spring to own our anger, our irritability and our outbursts? I think that we can do it … and, if you do happen to find yourself lapsing into another futile tirade, just know that I am the angel on your shoulder – screaming ‘STOP IT!’

By Fliss Goldsmith of Belper

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