When I was a child my Dad told me about an incident that happened when he was on guard duty in the Marine Corps. Two of the guards were best friends who liked to quick draw their handguns whenever they saw each other. One day they both grabbed their weapons and one gun accidentally went off.
In the childcare centers I’ve worked in, I’ve seen some pretty incredible things. There were things I couldn’t believe were happening before my eyes. Children 3 and 4 years old attack one another and their teachers in their anger. They kick others in the head, shove, scratch, bite, spit—you name it—and at times they’re overtaken by a spirit of wrath, hatred and violence.
How many times has each of us, in a fit of rage or frustration, blurted out a devastating remark to a friend, spouse, co-worker, or child, only to immediately regret saying it?
My desktop computer had become quite sluggish in its performance and threatened too cause some real problems for my attitude. Staring at what is called the "spinning beach ball of death" for more than ten seconds seemed more like ten minutes in the blazing fast world of computer time. This called for drastic measures like cyber-disk doctoring.