Our behaviors are shaped by rituals, patterns of behavior, many of which happen on a subconscious level.
What a gift it is to become aware of those rituals. A gift to be able to see our rituals for what they are – patterns of behavior – that can be changed.
You have just as much potential to gentle as angry. You have just as much potential to be carefree as serious.
Act as if you were gentle, and you will be gentle. Act as if you were carefree, and you will be carefree.
Wash, rinse and repeat.