Anger Control and Patience

Anger control is encompassed by the character trait patience! Your response to our recent posting of an anger control teaching tool was immediate and overwhelming. “Children all are so angry these days,” one person stated. We might add that adults also are so angry. Consider the Florida newspaper item that

Patience Is Anger Controlling

“Patience,” says an old proverb, “is a virtue.” Patience is a character trait – a distinguishing feature of a person who has built strong moral character, i.e. high moral values. More than the other character traits, however, patience is essential to the control of anger. As such, it is sadly

Test Your Patience or Your Teen’s

What hope is there? •    You’re trying to drive safely, timing the distance between you and the car in front. Just as you think you have it right, the impatient driver behind whizzes past, and you’re too close to him. How do you respond? •    You’re trying to finish your

Are Your Emotions Like Cars?

Many people drive their emotions as though those emotions were cars. We’re not talking about just any old cars – or any old people either. We’re talking about expensive sports cars with young, aggressive drivers behind the wheels! Imagine it. You’ve heard or read the comments: •    It went from

Quotes on “Patience”

Patience …begins by feeling the pain of suffering, the emotional upheaval of adversity or anger, and then acts to take charge of those feelings and keep myself under control. “Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and