Control Your Anger 控制你的愤怒

Rick was a nice young boy who had a very bad habit of getting angry at everylittle thing. He would easily get angry at anyone and would even use foul languagesometimes. His parents and teachers often suggested him control his anger andimprove his behavior. Rick always replied，“Stop irritating1 me.

He had a soft corner for painting. So on his seventh birthday， his mom giftedhim a canvas2 and a palette3 of colors. He asked his mother， “What’s this for？”

“It’s to help you. Whenever you feel angry， just try drawing your feelings onit，”his mother said. “Just paint about whatever you feel inside and whatever youthink you want to do.”

Rick took a sheet and started painting on it. By the weekend， there wereseveral paintings in his room about his anger. One day， his mom went into his roomand found those paintings hanged on the wall. She collected some of them and tookthem to the garden and asked him about it. Then she asked him to find out thecommon thing in all of them.

Rick replied to his mother， “In all the paintings I was angry at all of them.”Mom said exactly， “You reacted to each person who said something bad about you.Your anger is their power to tease4 you.”

He said， “You are right， Mom， but what should I do？ My anger always overpowers5 me.”

His mother said， “Controlling anger is simple. If you want， I will give you anadvise. Whenever you feel angry at anyone， just take a deep breath and countnumbers in 10 to 1 order before you react. Think good thoughts and divert6yourself， you will be able to control your anger.”

Rick thanked his mother and said， “I will try this and also paint it.”Afterfollowing this Rick’s behavior changed and he was a much happier kid than beforeand started treating everyone with love.

里克是一个可爱的小男孩，但他有一个很不好的习惯，那就是遇到一点小事就生气。他很容易对任何人发火，有时甚至会说脏话。他的父母和老师经常建议他控制自己的愤怒，改善自己的行为。里克总是回答：“别再惹我了。”

他对绘画情有独钟。因此，在他七岁生日那天，他的妈妈送给他一块画布和一个调色板。他问妈妈：“这是干什么用的？”

“这是为了帮助你。每当你感到愤怒时，试着把你的感受画在上面。”他的妈妈说，“只要画出你内心的感受和你想做的事情。”

里克拿了一张纸，开始在上面画画。截至周末，他的房间里出现了好几幅关于他的愤怒的画。一天，他的妈妈走进他的房间，发现墙上挂着这些画。她拿了几张画带到花园里，问他这件事。然后她让他找出所有画的共同点。

里克对妈妈说：“在所有的画中，我都对它们感到愤怒。”妈妈准确地指出：“你对每个说你不好的人作出了反应。你的愤怒是他们取笑你的力量。”

他说：“你是对的，妈妈，但我该怎么办？我的愤怒总是使我难以忍受。”

他妈妈说：“控制愤怒很简单。如果你愿意，我会给你一个建议。当你对任何人感到愤怒时，只需深呼吸，从10 数到1，然后再作出反应。往好的方面想，转移自己的注意力，你就能控制住自己的愤怒。”

里克感谢了妈妈，说：“我会试试这种方法，也会画出来。”这样做之后，里克的行为发生了变化，他比以前快乐多了，开始用爱对待每个人。

▏Notes

1. irritate 激怒；引起不愉快

2. canvas 画布

3. palette 调色板

4. tease 取笑，嘲笑

5. overpower 压倒；使无法忍受

6. divert 分散，转移