You
are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee
onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened.
What happens next will be determined
by how you react. You
curse. You harshly
scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After
scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too
close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You
storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter
has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses
the bus. Your
spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter
to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed
limit. |