No one ‘makes us angry.’ We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. – Jim Rohn
I have little to add here.
Only to ask, perhaps challenge, you to consider this and agree with it (which has tremendous implications for how you live) or to disagree (which too has tremendous implications for how you live).
Well . . . ?
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