Let's imagine this scenario, "You are on the road driving and minding your business and suddenly, a careless driver bumps your car and instead of apologizing, he resorts to being abusive and bullies you." What would you do?
Would you step out of the car and take down the 'bastard'? Will you reverse your car and run the person down? Will you walk away and do nothing? What would you do then?
It is quite difficult to master the art of holding oneself, having self control in situations that are designed to infuriate, can be very hard.
The word, Egkrateia is a Greek word for Temperance. Do you have it? Can you be calm in the most trying situation?
Temperance means, self control, self constraint, keeping a calm head in troubling situations etc. Read more Here.
Life is filled with abusive and inconsiderate people who will never stop being themselves. They are everywhere and at every turn. They are always represented in the corridors where you must past through to achieve your life's goal.
As a Steemian, you will come under attack every time and you must be ready to deal with it with the calmest of minds. You need your mind to mine your Steem because the minute you let anger creep in, your mining tool will under-perform.
Many have had quite some painful experience in life and on Steemit, it still happens and there is no way to know when it will stop. So, be calm!
I was once attacked by a user who felt he was unhappy with his life and decided to take a swing at me. What did I do? I was calm, hard choice, but I was calm.
Steemit.com comes under attacks everyday and they are calm and deal with it; you too should deal with your attackers and become better every time. Tough times don't last, but tough people do. Be a tough people!
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