Lesson 9: The Pause Button

My Poem of Pause:

Whenever in doubt
Do not pout
Cause if you do
You'll get more left out.

Whenever in trouble
Don't blow your bubble
Cause if you do
The mess will double!

Whenever in mess
Do not stress
Cause if you do
It will be more distress

So never fear flaws
Or it will cause
A whole lot of frustration
Just Press PAUSE!!!

Sir Theodore Roosevelt's Quote:

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

I chose this quote because it best relates to this Lesson. I guess it means that when you start spazzing at someone who is causing you grief and not control your actions, it might backfire at you and you might not be able to forget about it for quite a while. I've had that happen to me a few times. For example, once my parents were lecturing me on something I did wrong, and I got all frustrated and started to really go crazy. They got really shocked for a while, and I gotta say I shocked myself too. That incident stuck in our heads for at least a month, and I still remember it pretty clearly still. I really should have pressed pause and calmed myself down before making a decision on how to act. It was pretty reactive too. I should have been more proactive. Thus, I think Mr. Roosevelt's quote is a pretty true one, and an excellent one also.