Happy Still - Ep. 386

If you get so mad that you want to explode, 
Then you’ll always find reasons to overload, 
You’ll keep chasing the high of that pressure release,
Declaring war every time you really want peace.

 

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Ep. 386 - Happy Still

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

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My Happy Friends!

If you get so mad that you want to explode, 
Then you’ll always find reasons to overload, 
You’ll keep chasing the high of that pressure release,
Declaring war every time you really want peace.

You’ll create new problems, instead of achieving your goals,
Increasing your emptiness with all those self-made holes,
But if you stop trying to destroy, and try to connect,
Then there’ll be no need to fix, heal, save or resurrect.

Now I know the attraction of a bout of righteous wrath, 
But it can lead you headlong down a sick and woeful path,
Where everything is loud and mean and you have to fight your way through,
Because you’re trapped in a battle, when, really, the enemy is you.

And the time to stop the skirmish is not when your smack in the middle, 
But before you even get started if you’d just prepare yourself a little,
Because you shouldn’t be so surprised if you tend to blow your top, 
When it happens yet again after you hoped that it would stop.

You can’t just wing it, you actually have to prepare to keep your cool, 
Plan ahead for any possible triggers, and practice not acting like a fool, 
Allow yourself to take your time, don’t let the process itself make you mad, 
Or you’ve defeated the whole purpose, and let your goodwill go bad.

But you have to realize for yourself that a short-lived burst of rage isn’t worth your dreams,
That the power you feel for only a moment isn’t quite as triumphant as it seems, 
Because it erodes your sense of balance, your sense of growth, your peace of mind,
And that can make you bitter, cranky, argumentative, and extremely unkind.

And, like I say, I know all about it, I’ve yelled and I’ve raged,
I acted like a wild animal who deserved to be caged,
I’ve thought to myself, “well, maybe this is just me,”
But I’m here to tell you, it doesn’t have to be!”

You can choose your own behavior, your own thoughts, your own traits, 
You don’t need all that anger to be one of the greats,
You can find power in the calmness, the control and the Will, 
And see that through it all you can be Happy Still.

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