You do! I guarantee it. So do I. We all do.

Your buttons may be pushed by some or all of the following words:

religion
Bush
Karl Rove
liberals
conservatives
UFOs
Shatner
racist
Chavez
Ireland
unions
capitalists
Republicans
sexist
jOhn from Hull
rape
graft
atheist

Or maybe some other words...you pick 'em...

The point is, they push your buttons. You have a bone to pick or a vital word of wisdom you must donate to the poor unfortunates who are not as wise or good as you are! Ah, yes. (grin) You do it. I do it. We all do it. And what satisfaction it affords!

But what is all this button-pushing drama really an opportunity for? Dawning self-awareness, that's what. Observe what words and subjects keep PUSHING your buttons over and over again on this very forum. Decide if that's useful to you or not. Decide whether you want it to stay that way. Decide what to do about it if you don't want it to stay that way.

Why? Because you are not here to change other people! Nope. That's not the purpose of your life. You're here to change yourself. You can do that quite effectively by determining what pushes your buttons and sends you into an emotional frenzy...and getting control of it instead of it controlling you all the time.

This will necessitate giving up the comforting mental habit of making other people "wrong", "stupid", "bad", and/or "evil". It doesn't matter what they are, from your point of view, you know why? You weren't born to police the World! Nope. You were born to police yourself and love the World. By golly.

For example: Due to lengthy self-observation, I basically have pretty much left the Israeli-Palestinian wrangle to others lately. I long ago said all I needed to about it. I note that my silence on the matter has had no discernable effect one way or another on the ongoing events or the peace process, in this case... (!)   Wow, eh?

And it has left me more time to compose this little message, which may or may not fall on deaf ears, but that's okay. I'm just expressing myself, right? Self-expression is natural, and can help increase self-awareness...hopefully.

So carry, on...and watch for YOUR buttons. I may have just pushed one or two of them right now, without even intending to. That usually happens, doesn't it?