When You Surprised Yourself by Staying Calm
Something happened that normally would have set you off — someone provoked you, things went wrong, you got bad news. And this time, instead of exploding or melting down, you stayed calm. You took a breath. You handled it. And afterwards you felt a quiet kind of surprise: Huh. I didn't lose it. I actually dealt with that. It was a small moment, but it felt important — like proof that the explosion isn't the only thing you're capable of, even when everything in you used to insist it was.
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