How much control do we really have?

“Control your emotion or it will control you”

--Anon.

I've spent the entire day keeping myself cool. I've never had to try so hard to conrol my emotions in my life. I've been angry, iritated, furious in fact, but I'm completely aware of it, so I'm trying to see how much control I really have. The day has pretty much sucked, and I've almost lost my temper several times, but I didn't. I've been able to have complete control over my attitude. I've gotten angry, but I've let it go. I've been bothered iritated, and put down, and still didn't lose control once. Although I must say, it was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Its extremely dificult to instantly forgive, forget, and move on. I think I even managed to keep the go with the flow attitude.