Recognizing the cognitive theory that thoughts control emotions, I'm working on controlling my thoughts. When I find myself on a negative track, building to a depression or a rage, I need a way to distract myself. I need to find other things to think about and focus on, besides bad things that have happened to me, or other injustices. That kind of thinking only hurts me, nobody else, until I'm in a state of emotional wreck, and then it hurts the people I love. Doesn't do a darn thing against the people who committed the injustices. Isn't that always the way?

So, if I find myself stewing over something I can't control, I just have to change tracks. What other things do you think about, when your thoughts start carrying you away?