Calm p​​eo​​pl​​e of r​​ed​​dit​​, how are you a​​lw​​ay​​s so calm?

1. Most of the time, it doesn't matter. Unless you seriously broke the law, killed someone, or someone you love was killed, it's solvable.
   — chic_luke


2. Getting upset solves nothing.
   — DigitalSchism96


3. I'm not purely calm.... but I'm working on it. The center of my state of mind revolves around knowing, not thinking, but knowing: * If I can fix whatever problems I have, I will. * Stress serves no purpose other than complicating the problems I already have. (Why suffer twice?) * Anger only causes me to appear weak to those around me and always causes more problems than it solves. * Panic clouds the mind and forces poor decisions and hasty reactions. ...oh and fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. There are so many reasons to remain calm in life and so few reasons to be anything else.
   — reasonandmadness






4. Once Gautama Buddha was travelling to a village to speak. Everyone was happy to see him and heard his speeches with lots of dedication. However, one young man was not at all happy to see him in the village. He believed Buddha to be a fake master fooling the masses. While Buddha was delivering his speech, the man stood and started shouting in a very rude manner. Buddha did not pay any attention to him and continued speaking without bothering about him. This made the young man more angry. He came in front of Buddha and facing him, he began insulting, "You have no right to teach anything to others. You are as stupid as everyone else. Stop fooling everyone. You are fake!" The followers of Buddha tried to overpower that man. But Buddha stopped them and said, "It is not always necessary to counter aggression by aggression." Then he turned to the young man with a smile and asked, "Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone, and that person does not take it, to whom does the gift belong?" The young man was surprised to be asked such a strange question and answered, "It would belong to me, because I bought the gift." The Buddha smiled and said, "That is correct. And it is exactly the same with your anger. If you become angry with me and I do not feel insulted, then the anger falls back on you. You are then the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have done is hurt yourself." The man understood the message and he felt embarrassed. Buddha said, "No matter what the situations are, if you surrender yourself to anger; the anger will always take your life away from you." The man became the disciple of Buddha.
   — klorptar


5. Thats my secret captain, I'm always angry.
   — hyelander


6. im an unmotivated lazy piece of shit who goes with the flow
   — Hanzo__Main






7. Simple: aрathy and trust. I know that thіngs wіll sort thеmsеlvеs out in due time. I wіll always fіnd a way to gеt through somethіng whеn I nееd to. There wіll always be a tomorrow. It's vеry eaѕy to juѕt *do* things.
   — stenotype0


8. I grew up with a very angry & loud parent. I think it showed me how pointless anger is from a young age, and also how it can often have a negative result. Yes, you'll more likely get an action done sooner by someone by shouting at them. In the long term though it's damaging.
   — Bujubba


9. Even in the worst situations, things have always turned out fine. Maybe not great. But at least fine. So I have trust that things will continue to be at the very least fine. Maybe I cannot control the things that are happening around me. But I can control myself and how I choose to react to it.
   — ___Little_Bear___






10. 1. Don't fret the small stuff 2. It's all small stuff
    — ipullstuffapart


11. I'm an ER doc. I see heart break and tragedy on a daily basis. If you ain't dying, shit isn't that bad.
    — afrodoc