A friend of mine is changing his world.

If you met him, he appears calm. Easygoing. But he actually has some anger issues.

It doesn’t take too much to set him off.

He never loses it physically. He more or less hits the button of “What’s wrong with you? That’s just stupid!”

(Granted, who doesn’t have a low tolerance level for stupid on the loose?)

At a recent family gather he lost it a bit with his wife. His father saw him and pulled him to the side. “You know you really shouldn’t treat her that way.”

My friend didn’t blow up. He agreed. So he decided to change… or at least make an effort until he changed for good.

The other day he went ballistic while watching TV. It was just a game. No big deal. He felt it was a great outlet for his compressed rage.

However…

His girl thought the outburst would teach their child to erupt.

“I don’t think you should do that,” she said.

“What?”

She continued, “Get all crazy. It’s a bad example.”

He swallowed.

The emotion he built through the game was right on the surface again.

He stared. He fought back his emotions.

Then he said…

“I’ll work on that.”

She yelled, “I’m serious! Quit joking around!”

Shock and awe, baby. Shock and awe!