Sunday, December 19, 2004

A lost temper

As I do quite often, I inadvertently took a 3 hour nap today. While napping, I had a dream. And in my dream, I had a temper.

Yes, I had a temper. It was quite realistic, actually. I was at some sort of meeting, and people were talking about issues. What the issues were is not important. Everyone was talking over each other and the meeting was going nowhere.

I tried to get everyone's attention to talk, and I actually threw things (I think marble tiles?) to the floor and yelled "Stop the side conversations! Stop the side conversations!". I could feel my temper rising. I was really, really angry. Almost as angry as only once before. In the end, I think I was so frustrated that I ended up storming off and quitting the group that was holding the meeting.

I woke up with my heart beating fast and I could still feel the effects of losing my temper. It was not a pleasant feeling.

I don't recall any adult seeing the results of my losing my temper ever before, and I hope that doesn't happen anytime soon - because it's not pretty. Good thing it takes a lot for me to lose my temper (more than what happened in my dream).

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