Frustration used to be among my primary issues, too, but not as much anymore. My medications and therapy seem to have significantly eased it, so I now know that bipolar disorder and stress were its biggest causes.

I've always been a sensitive type person, with the sensitivity showing itself in the form of anger and other types of strife. Learning to desensitize is not easy. CBT has helped. It's late at night for me to brainstorm how I've desensitized, but acceptance of things is part of it.

A couple of days ago my husband took me to the movie theater to see a documentary about Mr. Rogers, the lovely man who brought Americans "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood". I literally cried throughout the whole thing. It was because of all the beautiful things he taught and represented to me as a child. Things I remembered when seeing the documentary, but forgot or almost "lost" as an adult. Peace, acceptance, tolerance, and satisfaction with what we can do and the results. Kind of seeing the good, beauty, and value in our situations, however hard. That sounds like a tall order, I know, but Mr. Rogers makes it an understandable and reachable one. He explains it better than I can.