As I pursue character growth in my life I have identified 24 character traits I want in my life. Two really important ones are self-control and patience. As I pursue these one of my commitment statements is that I won’t get angry because of trials, difficulties, unexpected set backs, or at people who do things to violate my rights, not even a little bit irritated. I have been doing pretty good at keeping that commitment for awhile, in fact I had a 108 day streak going. Today I had a long list on my “to do list” of things I wanted to get done, many of them in preparation for our bicycle trip to the East coast in 10 days. One of them was to paint water proofing stuff on the bottom of the tent Patty and I are going to sleep in. I bought two little bottles of it on line advertised as the best stuff possible for keeping tents leak proof, and it must have been because it was very expensive. I calculated that the two bottles would be just right to do the job well on our tent. I had the tent set up on the drive way upside down so I could paint the bottom well. A big blast of wind blew the tent and as I tried to keep it from blowing down the driveway I dropped the bottle of waterproofing stuff and it spilled out all over the ground. I got instantly angry and said a dairy farm word that I haven’t said for a long time. I was so thankful that none of my grandkids were helping me. Oh well, back to day one on the streak. Progress on self-control and patience sure is slow going.