I once was an exceedingly wrathful soul and it took years of practice, read conditioning and focus, to break the anger. With life now, it is a strange experience to be the serene, unshaken one who is difficult to persuade to any extreme. At times I mourn the loss of being consumed by emotions, no matter how valid they might be, even the aforementioned fury, but I would be wrong to admit this process of tempering has not made me better for it. As much this is a blessing, in many ways is it a curse; lows are not lower but so are highs not higher.