There was this superhero movie in the early 2000s called Mystery Men. Mad ridiculous but also very very funny. You should check it out in your spare time. It's starting Ben Stiller if that means anything to you. It's an all star cast actually but he's the main guy. Anyway, there's a character named the Sphynx. His power is that he's terribly mysterious lol. He also talks in riddles. Says things like, "He who questions training, only trains himself in asking questions." LOL!!! I can't even tell you how many times I've seen this movie. It really is hilarious but I brought it up because the Sphynx had a saying that resonated with me today and also sounded like the Star Wars character (surprise surprise) on my shirt. The saying is, "Until you learn to master your rage, your rage will be your master." Fortune cookie stuff right? Right. But I've come close to blowing my top (pause lol) so many times today that, that almost became my mantra. It's been a Monday guys, cue the Garfield vibes haha!.
I was at work earlier and somebody pulled up a Family Guy clip of Stewie asking something I think we were all wondering. Why did Emperor Palpatine have a desk in "Revenge of the Sith" when Yoda came in to fight him? He really did get up from a desk (one million laugh emojis). Like, what was in there? What are the things that Palpatine would store inside of his desk? Was there pencils and yellow lines paper? Perhaps some fun? He looked like his breath stank so that's possible too I guess. A family picture perhaps? Did they have wifi? I can't imagine being able to build a death star with no internet access. Makes you think about a lot of things that probably aren't worth thinking about but that's what I do. Good or bad, my mind is always moving. Sometimes I don't even realize I went to sleep a couple hours because it feels like it never just slowed down or turned off or whatever out brain is supposed to do when we sleep... and I almost spelled Brain like Brian lol.
I really have a tough time not perseverating over details. I've said that before. It's something that I'm constantly working at. I see something that could potentially get under my skin and I'm already telling myself to let it go before it becomes a thing but sometimes I...Just... Can't. Not making any excuse for that. It can be demoralizing knowing your flaws exactly but not being able to keep from slipping into them. If you've ever experienced depression then you know what I'm talking about. I'm not going in that direction today though. It's literally my everyday job to teach anger management techniques to them that need it so me having to employ those same techniques for myself is kind of like poetic justice like the hair dresser who's hair isn't done. I feel like an anomaly lol... Sidebar: In case you're wondering why I come up with dope analogies and metaphors, it's because I'm also a dope rapper/lyricist but I digress, I'll talk about that in a post later down the road lol... The quote from Mystery Men really reminded me of something Yoda would say. Yoda was always so calm. That's me for the most part. Or at least I think it is until something like what I was talking about gets under my skin and I wanna just tear somebody's face off. I won't even count parental frustration because I brought that on myself. Literally so many times I KNOW my parents wanted to toss me from a moving train so it's only right that I deal with the same my kids. Other stuff though, I can't take it. I'm that guy you see yelling at nobody in his car because I can't say the first thing that comes to my mind during arguments or I thought of it too late but I still need to out that audible comment in the atmosphere. If I were Bruce Banner I'd constantly change into the Hulk over something petty lol. Imagine turning on the news and hearing that a man was hospitalized after he stole another man's parking space at the local Walmart... well I guess that actually does happen every now and again but you get it lol. I need that Yoda like zen thing to happen. I can do it most days but then it turns into calm sarcasm which is hilarious but not always ideal. I like to believe I'm an expert sarcasm thrower. Not Ryan Reynolds level. He's the GOAT, but somewhere in the vicinity.
Anyhow, I'm good. I rocked this today because that image of Yoda always reminds me of peace. Even when he fought, he never got too angry. That's the type of balance I need in my life because maaaaaaaaaan I feel like a seesaw with a fat guy on one side and nobody on the other a lot of the time lol. Woo-freaking-sah. Until you learn to master your rage, your rage will be your master 📷🏾
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