I had this dream that I got mad and thrashed everything. And when I was finished, the people who set me off were gone without a trace. I was left alone with the mess. That’s how it works IRL, too.

I’ve been working hard on my emotional regulation. I can’t blame anybody else for how I react, even if they are acting shitty.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

• Viktor Frankl