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Take Hope. Your Impulse Control Is Saving the World
I was walking my dogs the other day when we passed a telephone pole with a thin cable running down the side that had come a little loose. I wondered what it was for and what would happen if someone snipped it. And then I noticed every telephone pole had this vulnerable wire that, if clipped, would it cause chaos for the phone company and the neighborhood? And then I imagined myself doing such a thing, sneaking out late at night with a pair of clippers and wreaking havoc. That ability to do something rash, to make a difference, albeit a negative one, exists in all of us.
