Super Short Story (145): Grumbling Because she kept grumbling angrily and impatiently, he kept grumbling angrily and impatiently about her grumbling angrily and impatiently. He had become an angry and impatient grumbler too. ‘How very happily we live, free from misery among those who...

Sam & Sara #385 Sam: I hate confrontations! Sara: Don’t confront then! Sam: Run away? Sara: Nope. Just face the matter rationally and calmly – without being confrontational with anger! Do situations decide how you experience them or do you decide? This’ll be expanded...

Review of ‘Walking The Tiger’s Path – A Soldier’s Spiritual Journey in Iraq’ By Paul M. Kendel The war genre for books has never been my cup of tea. To me, there is just too much stupidity and hurting in war. My first contact on the subject of war was through...

From ‘The Avengers’ movie: Steve Rogers: Doc… I think now is the perfect time for you to get angry.  Bruce Banner: That’s my secret, Cap[tain America], I’m always angry. Cap was suggesting Banner to transform into the Hulk there and then to help save the day....

Q: How to overcome anger? A:  Look deeply for the reason why you are angry. If the reason is external, from others, it doesn’t make sense to let them disturb your peace of mind. Why let others’ mistakes punish yourself? You just need to recognise them and ask them to make...

Question: I’m impatient who say ‘nonsense’ as I have a strong sense of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. Answer: If you know what is right, then all the more you should be patient, so as to deliver the message clearly. Often, we we deliver a message with...

A Tit for a Tat (338) Tit: Why are you upset? Tat: Because of his mistake. Tit: It’s your mistake too! Tat: Why? Tit: Because you cling to his mistake, to let it upset you! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/10/what-crap-2 Previous aT4aT:...

Q: Why do the Angry Birds hurl themselves at others? A: Because when you’re angry, you become irrational, hurting yourself as you try to hurt others. E: ‘Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burnt...

A Tit for a Tat (206) Tit: He is very angry! Tat: Yes, he is very ill. Tit: Is it? Tat: Isn’t anger an illness because it harms oneself and others? Tit: I see… I thought you meant he was really ill. Tat: Anger is his recurring disease! Tit: If he was ill conventionally, I might...

If forced bedside conversion to another religion is okay according to some, is it okay if someone else does the same to them? Why create hell for someone when all one wants when dying is peace of mind? Would not the giving of hell lead the dying to hell with anger and anguish? Would not the...

We should avoid harsh speech unless it is really needed to wake up another (with good intentions), while we should see harsh speech from others as a wake-up call. Even if that scolded over is unreasonable, it is still a wake-up call – to practise patience, to seek more understanding on the...

A friend sent an old news link about how a girl killed and cut her parents into pieces due to both frustration and fear. The news reported on investigation into whether she was mentally ill or not. But of course she was ill! Even if she was proven not ill in the conventional medical...

One who easily loses one’s mindfulness easily loses one’s temper. - Stonepeace The Hulk never intentionally hurts the innocent. But does that really make him always innocent, just as innocent as the ones accidentally hurt, as part of the collateral damage he inflicts? Not really...

A Tit for a Tat (157) Tit: Why are you so irresponsible? Why do you keep making me angry? Tat: Why are you so irresponsible? Why do you keep becoming angry? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/08/accent-of-no-accent Previous aT4aT:...

‘Hulk not monster!’ So yells the Hulk, as he slams stuff… monstrously… In ‘Hulk: Gray’ by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, we’re reminded of how the Hulk was first featured grey (not green) in the comics, of how anger, as embodied by him is not really...

Q: How do I convince my father to observe the Five Precepts, when they don’t ‘buy’ karma readily? A: The ‘simple’ solution is this. You must learn and practise the Dharma better, so that you will be able to touch and influence him more deeply through your...

All instances of being peeved in the past came to pass. Phew! All instances of being peeved in the present will pass too. Phew! But if all such instances come only to pass, why get peeved at all? Why invest even an iota of energy, time and emotion in senseless peeved-ness? Without any...

Was thinking of ranting against someone’s senseless stupidity when I realised it would be senseless and stupid, especially if it would have no effect. There must be another solution. Why hold on to the rage in this moment, when you might die in the next, when it can lead to a negative...

In ‘Green Lantern: Secret Origin’ by Geoff Johns, Sinestro teaches Hal Jordan on how to use his power ring, which can manifest any form he visualises to rescue or defend beings in need – ‘Your constructs are weak. They’re laced with anger. And although the...

Lawrence: [Seeing gun and bullets] I didn’t know you hunted monsters. Singh: Sometimes monsters hunt you. ‘The Wolfman’, like all good monster movies, be they remakes or not, remains a cautionary tale. If we take the wolf half of a wolfman (aka. werewolf) to represent the...