Self Control

What do you do with the mad that you feel?
When you feel so mad you could bite.
When the whole wide world seems oh so wrong,
And nothing you do seems right.

What do you do? Do you punch a bag?
Do you pound some clay or some dough?
Do you round up friends for a game of tag?
Or see how fast you can go?

It’s great to be able to stop…
When you’ve planned the thing that’s wrong.
And be able to do something else instead…
And sing this little song.

I can stop when I want to, can stop when I wish.
Can stop, stop, stop anytime.
And what a good feeling to feel like this…
And know that the feeling is mine.

To know there is something deep inside…
That helps us become what we can.
For a girl can be someday a lady…
And a boy can be someday a man.

~ Mr. Rogers ~
(From The Public TV Show The Neighborhood)