"Grant me the strength to change what I can, and to accept what I can not, and the wisdom to know the difference"....... I stumble on that a lot some times..

beauflow, I think many of us stumble on that a lot. I know I sure do! It can be difficult to change ourselves, but maybe it is even more difficult to learn how to accept what we can't change.

While we can feel emotionally scared when making a change in ourselves - we can usually get over that pretty quickly. But I've found that the emotions I feel when I try to accept the stuff I can't change are much worse and last longer. And I think those are the emotions that create the anger I feel at times.

I just re-read my post from last March. I need to take my own advice again because situations at work are causing me to feel angry again. So, I'm going to write it all down again and present some of my thoughts at our next meeting. I know my co-workers are feeling anger about the same things that are happening - so that will give me confidence to speak up.

I'll just have to work hard to state everything in a calm tone of voice.