Writers are Made not Born

Writers are made not born. Many people think that a writing skill is an innate skill that only few gifted people possess. However, these people who think such are mistaken.
Writers learn to write after months of planning, drafting, revising and editing. They don’t just sit in one place and after an hour, produce a masterpiece. Most of the famous writers’ masterpieces are a product of sweat and tears of writing and rewriting and rewriting.
It is on this belief that writers are made not born that I anchor my ability to write.
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Invention is the most important product of scientific knowledge.  Without invention, science would be merely inquiry for its own sake, serving few and helping no one. 

There have been so many great inventions in the history of mankind. However, none of these could ever defeat the importance of mobile phone in human’s life.

The mobile phone or mobile, also called a cellular phone, cell phone, or cell, is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication that uses a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites.

Due to its ability to keep in touch with family,business associate,and access to email, it has become a necessity for many people throughout the world. In addition to its ability to connect people , current mobile phones can also support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. It can also serve as watches and alarm clocks. They can also function as calculators.

Moreover, in unfamiliar neighborhoods, they tell us where we are. The address book and contacts list on phones is our social interface. Without the phone, many of us would be quite lost in connecting with other people. On the other hand, the calendar function on the mobile phone can help us track our lives. Aside from that, it also functions as radios. For some, it also becomes a notepad -- send an SMS to oneself and make it a reminder service.

Recent studies also showed that in Slovakia, people are using mobile phones to remotely switch on the heater before they return home,and in Norway, 1.5 million people can confirm their tax returns using cell phones short text messaging services. Paramedics use camera phones to send ahead to hospitals pictures of the incoming patients; in Britain, it is now commonplace for wireless technology to allow companies to remotely access meters or gather diagnostic information.

The above data tell us that cell phone is really the most important innovation of the decade. What about your Ipod, Mp3 and Mp4  could they give you the convenience that cell phones  could give you? Your microwave at home could it connect you to the other side of the world?  Your wide screened TV, could it allow you to send your greetings to your husband working in the office? Thus, cell phone is the important product of scientific knowledge-serving many and helping mankind.

Expressing, Suppressing and Calming the Tiger Within Us

A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint. The man ran into a pulp as a punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy’s hands. When the boy woke up, he said, “ Daddy, I’m sorry. When will my fingers grow back?” After hearing this, the father went home and committed suicide.

Do you recall the unpleasantness within you when your feelings were hurt? When you heard words, which offended you?

Or when you were frustrated, disappointed, or depressed? These emotional responses were only disguises of that tiger within you and me-anger. Carrying this tiger around undealt and unresolved, we feel lonely and isolated. Our negative feelings are compounded resulting in a further in a further sense of hurt, frustration and rage.

What is anger? According to Charles Spielberg, PhD, a psychologist who specializes in the study of anger, it is "an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage”.

All of us experienced anger, because we all perceive injustices. However, we respond to these perceived emotions in different ways. Sometimes we seethe quietly, other times we feel like burning like a volcanic eruption. Indeed, anger can boil over in violence, leaving in its wake irreparable destruction.

After reading the short story above, I realized that anger should be managed properly. Mismanagement of anger could sometimes lead us to become tigers as well, and even leaves an amputated feeling to the one we get angry with and to our self. Although it’s not good to keep this emotion within us, we have to bear in mind that releasing this tiger in a wrong way could sometimes lead to broken bones and broken feelings.

Dr. Spielberger notes that there are ways to manage one’s anger. These are: expressing, suppressing and calming.

Expressing your angry feelings in an assertive—not aggressive—manner is the healthiest way to express anger. To do this, you have to learn how to make clear what your needs are, and how to get them met, without hurting others. Being assertive doesn't mean being pushy or demanding; it means being respectful of yourself and others.

Anger can be suppressed, and then converted or redirected. This happens when you hold in your anger, stop thinking about it, and focus on something positive. The aim is to inhibit or suppress your anger and convert it into more constructive behavior. The danger in this type of response is that if it isn't allowed outward expression, your anger can turn inward—on yourself. Anger turned inward may cause hypertension, high blood pressure, or depression.

Unexpressed anger can create other problems. It can lead to pathological expressions of anger, such as passive-aggressive behavior like getting back at people indirectly, without telling them why, rather than confronting them head-on, or a personality that seems perpetually cynical and hostile. People who are constantly putting others down, criticizing everything, and making cynical comments haven't learned how to constructively express their anger. Not surprisingly, they aren't likely to have many successful relationships.

Finally, you can calm down inside. This means not just controlling your outward behavior, but also controlling your internal responses, taking steps to lower your heart rate, calm yourself down, and let the feelings subside.

As Dr. Spielberger quotes, "when none of these three techniques work, that's when someone—or something—is going to get hurt" (http:/ angermangement.com.html.).

 A reflection paper on The Tiger Within Us By Miriam S. Tumandang (Health and Home, June 2006,p.26, 31),as a requirement in Psych 1.