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Scilla Elworthy Quote on Controlling Anger (Rather Than Letting It Control You)

    “Anger is like gasoline.  If you spray it around and somebody lights a match you’ve got an inferno.  [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.”

    Scilla Elworthy

    Beyond the Quote (Day 9)

    I got really angry tonight.  In an effort to save your time (and save myself from getting worked up again) I’ll spare you the details.  Long story short I’m experiencing really frustrating car issues and really frustrating customer service.

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      “Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself.  So that might be creativity, family, invention, adventure, faith, service, it might be raising corgies, I don’t know – Your home is that thing to which you can dedicate your energies with such singular devotion that the ultimate results become inconsequential.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, TED