230201 What I learned in my studies this morning 3

Songs from the 50s

Spoofed beyond all measure.

Fun for me and kids.

Thoughts:

Today's Stoic thought is about controlling anger; becoming a master of my passions instead of letting them master me.

I've gotten pretty good at this. I still let my anger burst through sometimes, but those times have gotten further and further apart.  I just need to keep trying, to keep working on the ways I have to prevent outbursts.

Counting to 10 or 100.  

Walking away to clear my head.  

Remembering that whomever I am mad at did what they did out of ignorance.  

Remembering all the times I did the same thing they did.  

Taking a high-level view of the action and realizing that it's not important, that in a year or a month or a week or a day or even an hour, I will look back at this and shake my head that I thought it was worth responding that way.

Today's Meditation:

Today's Meditation II:

Today's Music:

'Che gelida manina' — 'What a frozen little hand' from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini