Today I kinda blew up in a conference room meeting surrounded by those who see me as a subordinate. I really hate bullies. But that's prolly (possibly + probably = prolly) a topic for a different blog.
Have you ever met that person who manages to keep it together all the time? They always act positive and remain cool even under pressure. They don't complain to everyone about their problems, other than a conversational mention. They don't infect others with a bad mood. The rest of us tend to try to be a topper, have the best (worst) story to tell- prolly in hopes of gaining pity and/or respect. I've done it, and unless you are one of the EPs (exceptional people) who practices temperance, you've done it. If you are one of the EPs, go away. I'd rather talk about you behind your back.
Temperance.
To be honest, the meaning of this came partly from religious understanding and partly from one of my guilty pleasures, a TV show called Bones. There is a character in that show named Temperance, and she is utterly objective. (socially absent as well- but that's not my point)
She will stick to the facts against any emotional bias. Thus I came to think that temperance was maintaining the focus without regard to any bias. So, in a humane/spiritual sense, a temperate person would do the right thing without allowing themselves to be derailed by anger, frustration, fear or other bias.
So until I stop my ambivalence towards the rest of humanity, I will continue to envy the temperate ones.
