Control Your Anger

• Control Your Anger ••••
Once Wise Man was walking from one
town to another town with some of his
disciples. While they were traveling, they
happened to pass a lake.
They stopped there and Wise Man told
one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do
get me some water from that lake
there."
The disciple walked up to the lake. When
he reached it, he noticed that right at
that moment, a bullock cart started
crossing through the lake. As a result,
the water became very muddy, very
turbid.
The disciple thought, "How can I give
this muddy water to Wise Man to drink!"
So he came back and told Wise Man,
"The water in there is very muddy. I
don't think it is fit to drink."
After about half an hour, again Wise
Man asked the same disciple to go back
to the lake and get him some water to
drink. The disciple obediently went back
to the lake.
This time too he found that the lake was
muddy. He returned and informed Wise
Man about the same.
After sometime, again Wise Man asked
the same disciple to go back. The
disciple reached the lake to find the lake
absolutely clean and clear with pure
water in it. The mud had settled down
and the water above it looked fit for
drinking. So he collected some water in
a pot and brought it to Wise Man.
Wise Man looked at the water and then
he looked up at the disciple and said,
"See what you did to make the water
clean. You waited long and the mud
settled down on its own and you got
clear water. Your mind is also like that!
When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give
it a little time. It will settle down on its
own. You don't have to put in any effort
to calm it down. It will happen. It is
effortless".
♥ Moral ♥ : Similarly, when you are
angry, give some extra time. You can
calm down inside. This means not just
controlling your outward behaviour, but
also controlling your internal responses,
taking steps to lower your heart rate,
calm yourself down, and let the feelings
subside