Anger is Contagious!

All this while I grew up thinking a yawn was contagious... and it is! Whenever you see someone yawn, it triggers an inner empathetic reflex of a #yawn! All the theory of less oxygen, etc., may be true as well!

Why have I headlined #Anger and then begin talking about Yawns? Cause they both are #Contagious!

Anger is an emotion which is free flowing and doesn't really need a reason and flows in abundance within most people. There is more anger in the world than there is love or happiness or calm! And that is where it begins to take over...

I realised my anger was contagious fairly late in life when my son pointed out to me that my face was always angry! It was too late to save my face but I still had a chance to save myself!

Forever, I felt that anger was my fuel and it allowed me to achieve more than physically possible and to some extent it was true- because of the Adrenalin coasting through my veins! I drove fast- like a maniac and cursed at everything and everyone. I scowled so much that my face was a constant frown. However there deep within my own-self it was eating me up and changing who I was- happy, spontaneous, loving and most importantly gentle! I lost that me!!!

I realised that the change was to be made within me.

First- was to not get riled up at anything and everything!

Then- I had to make sure the anger was not carried home with me! That is the biggest issue with anger- IT TRAVELS!

Anger has this amazing characteristic of being able to latch onto people and travel from host to host very rapidly. It is almost like it has a life of its own. What I figured is- if I could curb the need to explode, then it was far easy to manage. All I had to do was to speak about my experience and not throw it onto someone. That according to me by far has been the best way to curb non transference of anger onto others!

Today, we need more of laughter and more of happiness and more of togetherness. There is too much of acrimony, apathy, small-mindedness which is floating socially. Too many opinions and too many issues and too many issues with issues leading to anger for angry outbursts. Issues will remain and we must find a non-explosive way of tackling these issues. The world today needs love and so does your co-passenger. Reach out and wish someone; hug someone or just give his or hand a tight squeeze... just to reassure them that there is someone who cares, doesn't matter if you know them or don't. Be gentle and be nice. Today we need more #love to permeate the air.

Make Love Contagious!