What the…?! Out of the way!! I can’t believe you did that! Not again… If these people would just leave me alone. ARGH!!!!! Don’t even think about looking at me! Oh no! That did NOT just happen. Never mind. It’s not you. It’s me. I just… can’t… No, really. I’m fine. I’ll figure it out…forget it.
Oh life! It breeds inconvenience, mishap, and occasionally calamity. Constant control of the events surrounding us is impossible, no matter how much we try or pretend. We are subject to a fallen world and the hazards that it brings. Easily overwhelmed, even our own self-mastery often betrays us and unbidden thoughts of frustration pop into our heads. Jaws clinch and slacken. Muscles tense and collapse. Then comes a humph of indignation or a sigh of resignation. Where do we go from there? How do we move forward? Do we let it eat us up and shrivel, or do we grow through resiliency? The choice is ours.