WHEN life hands you circumstances that seem overwhelming and unsurpassable, we often look to the wrong places to solve them. Why is it that we, as a human race, continue to indulge in frustration to the point of supidity and incongruousness in our times of need and unsatisfactory affairs; this we may never know. Its the small things that personally make me laugh; watching a person punch a soda machine all due the fact that it gulped up $0.55 of their budget. It is a sad day when somebody spends their last few cents on a soda. Thats the only explanation that I can think of getting angry enough to thrust a clenched fist into a machine that will not respond in return to retrieve your life savings. Poor soul.

IT never ends well. The person that punches the soda machine will have bruised knuckles and will still be out fifty-five cents. Just the other day I observed an old obese lady waiting in line at a buffet, and waiting in and apparent impatient fassion. Toe-tapping and uttering swears were her appearance, and she was making it obvious to all. She was upset at a young broad helping her young daughter get a petite portion of lettuce and other veggies in hopes of creating a salad. When finally the fat began to bulge enough that I could see her double chin turn into at least a quadruple chin, the old lug reached in front of the little girl and grabbed the lettuce forks and grabbed a generous portion of leafy greens and knocked the young girl into her apalled mother and spilled the lettuce onto the other side of the buffet. No salad for you tubs.

NEXT time you feel tempted to anger or frustration in a trying time, think of the consequences first. Handle each situation with wisdom and maturity and you will be rewarded with a happier less stressful day.



Nathaniel Drew Kimmel