00:00In a quiet village nestled among green hills, there lived a man named David.
00:05Everyone knew him, but not for a good reason.
00:09David had a short fuse.
00:11Even the smallest things could set him off.
00:14And when he got upset, he'd say hurtful things he didn't mean.
00:19Because of this, people kept their distance.
00:22His neighbors steered clear of him, and even his own family had grown tired of his outbursts.
00:27Deep down, David didn't want to hurt anyone.
00:31He always felt bad afterward.
00:34But whenever anger took over, he couldn't rein himself in.
00:38One day, a wise monk came through town.
00:42He was famous for helping people find peace.
00:45A crowd gathered to hear him talk, hoping to learn something that could help.
00:50David went too.
00:51He was fed up with feeling angry and alone.
00:54He wanted to change.
00:55After everyone else had left, he stepped up to the monk and spoke from the heart.
01:01I get mad way too easily, he said.
01:04I say stuff I regret later.
01:07My family avoids me.
01:08I don't want to be like this.
01:10Please.
01:11Can you give me something to break this habit?
01:14The monk listened without interruption.
01:17Then he slipped inside for a moment and came back holding a small glass bottle.
01:21Take this, he told him.
01:24Anytime you feel your anger rising, take three small sips from this bottle.
01:30Then, stay completely quiet for a bit.
01:33Do this every time you feel upset.
01:36David accepted the bottle and thanked him.
01:38The next morning, someone cut in front of David in line at the bakery.
01:44His anger flared, but then he remembered the monk's advice.
01:48He grabbed the bottle from his pouch, took three slow sips, and held his tongue.
01:54He didn't say a word.
01:56A few minutes later, the anger faded.
01:58David, he kept up this new routine every day.
02:02Whenever he felt upset, he drank from the bottle and stayed silent.
02:07Gradually, he noticed a shift.
02:09Not just in his mood, but in how people interacted with him.
02:14His home felt more peaceful, and his family spoke to him more gently.
02:19After ten days, the bottle was empty.
02:23David went back to the monk, grateful.
02:25Your remedy worked, he said.
02:28Every time I used it, my anger disappeared.
02:32But now I'm out.
02:33May I have more?
02:35The monk gave him a gentle smile.
02:37There was no remedy in that bottle, he said.
02:41It was just water.
02:43David blinked in surprise.
02:45Just water?
02:47He nodded.
02:48Yes.
02:49It wasn't the water that changed you.
02:51It was the silence.
02:53By taking a moment to sip and then staying quiet, you gave yourself time to cool off.
02:59That brief pause made all the difference.
03:02When we lash out in anger, our words can cut deeper than we mean.
03:07Words you can never take back.
03:09But silence creates space.
03:12It lets your heart settle, and your mind clear.
03:15In that pause, you find true strength.
03:19The strength to respond with wisdom instead of rage.
03:22That's where real change begins.
03:25From that day forward, David didn't need the bottle.
03:29He had learned the power of pausing and self-control.
03:33Whenever anger started to rise, he simply held his silence and let the moment pass.
03:39His words grew softer, his spirit lighter, and his life more peaceful.
03:44The moral of the story is, anger can make us say or do things we regret.
03:51But if we give ourselves even a few seconds of silence, just long enough to catch our breath
03:56and think, we can avoid hurting others and ourselves.
04:01That pause isn't weakness.
04:03It's our greatest strength.
04:04With practice, those few seconds of calm build stronger relationships, fewer regrets, and
04:11a more peaceful life.
04:13In the end, it's not about never feeling anger, but learning how to control it.
04:18It's not about never feelingva right away.
04:19We should be saying.
04:19Your favorite bird is about never feeling joy.
04:19With practice, it's only one gets kicked out, because it's not about himself.
04:21And it might only feel good, but it's only one gets kicked out, because our
04:23обнаруж has confessed.
04:24Once it comes to you on season, we must be in the game coming around.
04:26To be in the game coming out, please feel free to epistem.
04:27By framework, let's feel free.
04:27Well, we should be in the game coming in, we should be doing everything else.
04:28But if we can get us today, let's keep peopleди from them saying, please stay
04:30ready.
04:32If we show boys and girls are up to be in, we should do everything that we might
04:33Because it açık the deadline?
04:35So let's make myself treat this forward.
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