Control your anger before it controls you

Time is the most precious thing of this world. He who values it is valued by the time itself and the world.

It's futile to talk reason to anger

Don't allow control freaks and manipulators to dominate your actions.

Stop it, she told herself.

There was only so much she could control.

But that was just it. She was trying so hard because she felt so out of control.

I don't like when I can't control what reality is doing. Which is unfortunate because reality works independently of the things I want, and I have only a limited number of ways to influence it, none of which are guaranteed to work. I still want to keep tabs on reality, though. Just in case it tries to do anything sneaky. It makes me feel like I'm contributing. The illusion of control makes the helplessness seem more palatable. And when that illusion is taken away, I panic.