If someone wakes you up early in the morning, you might feel angry and be rude to them. The fact that you woke early is a justification for your anger, and your anger might justify your rudeness. Many people would forgive you in that situation, but it doesn’t have to be so.
We have the choice of assuming that circumstances determine our behaviour… Or we can choose something else.
If we know there is a situation arising that might be difficult - for example if we know the plumber is coming early in the morning - we can remind ourselves to expect an abnormal event, perhaps avoiding some ire.
Then we can choose to regulate our emotions regardless of the situation.
Then we can choose to treat people well regardless of what happens with our emotions.
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