Road Rage

I’m only talking about road rage because it’s one of those triggers for me – some jerk who should give up his license is ruining my day! Get off the road!

But really, isn’t road rage just an expression of other issues?  Hair-trigger temper? Impatience?  You ever notice things like road rage only kick in when you are running late or you are angry at something else in your life? If you are having an a-ok day and you have all the time in the world you rarely go nuts screaming at fellow drivers, swerving around them, shooting them the bird.

I think it’s a good practice to always say to myself when I have that kind of visceral, intense reaction: what is really going on here? What am I really angry about