Overcame a Trigger

This weekend I had an experience that causes my blood to boil and is normally followed by a explosion of anger. However, for the first time in my life the anger didn't erupt. The incident happened, my blood boiled, then I had an awareness that the incident is over and it's best to let it go. I was aware that I had a choice: I could erupt in anger, prolonging the incident, or not, thus continuing on with a good day. There was a split-second of clarity that I never experienced before. I always wondered if it would ever be possible to simply not react so quickly and now I know that there is a way that makes it possible. That way is meditation. Three and a half months of daily meditation has given me gifts I didn't even know were possible.