How to stop having road rage
How I did it: I was in the Philippines for a month and the drivers there blew me away. There are lines on the road, but no one pays attention to them, traffic is non-stop and doesn't move. There are people standing in the roads attempting to sell you things, trikes, bikes, scooters all over the roads, and pretty much no one pays attention to the rules of the road. This helped me regarding being stuck in traffic....because Americans have no idea what traffic is.
And the main part of how I overcame my road rage was to find love for the other drivers....to realize that they're just like me, drivig somewhere with a purpose...or just randomly driving sometime, but that they are human...and I need to respect them. I used to get pissed at elderly drivers, until I imagined that they were my grandparents, whom I love and have a relationship with. Once I imagined they were someone I love, I backed off and treated them with more respect. So I started doing this with everyone...asking myself, "What if it was so-n-so in that car" "What if the person you're tailgating was your best friend and you didn't know it and then they saw that the maniac on their rear was you" "What if it was your neices in that car and you rearended them...." This helped transform the other drivers from worthless people who were in my way and blocking me from getting to my so important destination, into other humans with lives who are going somewhere important too.
My heart softened, and I have so much peace when I drive. My blood pressure doesn't rise, I don't throw objects at other drivers now, and if I start to get angry, I pray about it asking for acceptance.
And it feels SO good to not have road rage any more. :)
