So a couple of weeks ago, my wife, Wendy, and I decided that we wanted to go see a movie.

And where we live in California was at the time relatively still closed down, and just up the hill and across the California state line sat Nevada.

And Nevada had movie theaters that were open in limited capacity, but more importantly, they had popcorn with movie theater butter. So we looked at the

calendar and we set our sights on going to a movie. It didn't matter what movie, but we were going to a

movie at Reno, Nevada. And we were just eager to go and do, and again, truthfully, eat movie theater

popcorn. So on the way up the hill, the traffic really wasn't that bad. And at one point, we were just talking and having a fun time. And we watched as this little fast gray sports car just zipped right in front of us. And I am talking right in front of us to the point that our car itself slammed on the brakes because we had some sort of auto cruise control that kept us at a safe distance from the

cars ahead of us. And as that car cut in front of us, I said something like, that guy seems

like he's in a hurry. And then Wendy and I continued our conversation. And then as a bit of

adrenaline ran through my veins, because I'm human, 20 or 30 seconds later, I changed topics of conversation

and I just said to my wife that I felt like situations like those when a car cuts me off in

traffic are almost like my mindfulness midterm exams. So I never have suffered true road rage,

but I would absolutely be lying if I said that there weren't times where

something like that would happen and I would immediately see red. And I probably would have

driven fast right behind the car for a while to, I don't know, show him that I was mad. And I have

processed so many stories in my office of people who have actually pulled people over or who have

gotten into fights or have

cut people off or have done a break check or followed people for miles and miles out of their way

as their anger just completely ruled their emotions. So changing your relationship with anger is

a process and it doesn't come easily and it doesn't come without intentional work on recognizing and admitting when and why you react with anger is a process and it doesn't come easily and it doesn't come without intentional work on

recognizing and admitting when and why you react with anger. So story number two. And before I jump into

story number two, let me just say that the true irony of story number one, as it is we were

heading up the hill to Reno to stay for a night and watch a movie, we received an email that

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