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\"\"Ever have one of those weeks where everything irritates you? The slow poke in the parking lot; the mounds of junk mail – and spam to sort through; finding the perfect shoe in every size except yours? Nothing monumental but just everyday stuff that somehow builds up steam?<\/p>\n

I’ve had weeks like that (have had one recently in fact) but I don’t just pass them off anymore. I pay attention to them. In the past I have seen that when the steam builds it usually expresses itself badly eventually. For instance by the sixth or seventh occurrence, instead of patience, I might hit the horn at some irritating driver.<\/p>\n

When that happens from my end, what happens on their end? I become an irritation in their week and in case it is their sixth or seventh occurrence, they will probably blow off steam to the next person.<\/p>\n

It’s a really good idea to keep control when you sense an especially crabby week in the works. Just recognizing it helps to stop it in its tracks. The Bible aptly observes; “A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out”<\/b> (Proverbs 25:28 – The Message<\/i>). Yes, without self-control, nothing stops the garbage from pouring out and filling up the earth.<\/p>\n

Our world has pretty high stress levels already. I don’t want to be one contributing to raising that<\/i> bar.<\/p>\n

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