#PositiveVibes - Don't See Red

By John R. Nocero

The VIBE: Don't get so angry that you literally see red.

One thing I have found beneficial is Cy Wakeman’s saying “You can stay in Joy or you can leave in peace. You cannot stay and hate.” This is so true. Really, all hate does is gets in your way from making a truly worthwhile contribution to anything, be it your workplace, relationship with a significant other, or what have you? When you get right down to it, what is hate doing for you anyway? It gets you all emotionally tied up where you can’t even think straight. I remember when I was younger someone saying to me that they got so mad, they would literally see “Red” – and I envisioned this to be seeing the whole world in red except for the object that the person was focused on. I pictured it in green – maybe I saw the original Predator one too many times and thought I was Kevin Peter Hall; I’m digressing.

But the point is, think about if you have ever been in that state – your eyes open wide, your lips purse and curl, almost into a snarl, the hair on the back of your neck stands up – almost as if you work yourself up into fight or fight – well, you are already worked up, so why not do something productive with that energy? If you don’t, it has to do somewhere, and where is generally goes is an adrenaline dump and after you feel exhausted. So stop the hate, or if you can’t, say where can I put this energy to good use?

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