Comments on: Who or what presses your hot button?

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:41:24 +0000

wise words both, thank you for them.

By: Thriftcriminal

Thriftcriminal — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:27:28 +0000

The trick lies in making the rules to suit you. There is an implicit competetiveness in driving that is very dangerous. I like to change the rules and adopt the attitude that the person who remains relaxed and gets there alive is the winner. I still act the maggot from time to time as there are none of us perfect, but by choosing your own way to view the world the petty crap and obsticles of life can become largely irrelevant. Wu Wei man, Wu Wei.

By: Paul Groves

Paul Groves — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:20:48 +0000

It is undoubtedly how we respond to external forces that causes stress.
I’d say 8.5 times out of 10 I shake my head at whatever idiocy I come across, shrug my shoulders and put it behind me. The other 1.5 times I do bite, in varying degrees of clenched jaw frustration.
I do have a long list (which is continually growing) of stress-inducing stuff that makes up why modern life is rubbish – most of which can be summed up by a lack of common courtesy, decency and respect.
It isn’t easy to shrug it off, but it is healthier.