Cattāri Brahmavihārā

This morning has been full of feelings of irritation and, at times, rage for no discernible reason. Perhaps the greatest source of consternation for me this morning was receiving notification of a negative feedback on one of the marketplaces we sell on. What irked me was that we had bent over backward to meet the demands of the customer in question and they still felt the need to besmirch our reputation. Even now as I write it I can feel the flames of ire rising again so I had best get to the point: I realized that I was holding onto this little shard of ill-will for this person who I had never met and who was incapable of being harmed by my anger. All I was doing was grinding it into myself and causing pain to me. So, I wished him well and as I did I had the mental image of a thorn being removed from my flesh and there was a definite sense of peace and cessation if only for a moment.