Charles Dickens once wrote 'It was the best of times. It was the worst of times' and today was certainly one of the worst of times. Beck woke up feeling pissed off. So when Jade accidentally spilled coffee on his new $1,000 laptop he wanted so badly to hit her. He was really angry. He thought that he was past this anger but obviously he wasn't.
Deep breaths, he told himself.

"Jade," Beck said taking a breath to control himself, "I am feeling angry and I need to go for a walk. I'll be back in a little while."
He grabbed the phone and went outside. After a few minutes he dialed his sponsor's number.

"Aviary speaking," his sponsor picked up.

"Thank GOD you answered," Beck said, "It's me. Beck Oliver"
Aviary laughed.

"Yes I recognize your voice," he said, "What's up. You sound pretty desperate"

"I am feeling very angry at Jade at the moment. I know it's not her fault. It was just an accident but she spilled coffee all over my thousand dollar laptop and I so want to smack her or throw something at her or punish her in some way"

"Well first of all let me praise you. You did a good job calling me instead of hurting her. I'm very impressed. Can the laptop be fixed?"

"Yes it can," Beck replied nodding.

"I know how frustrated you feel right now," Aviary said, "The same thing happened to me last week. Let me ask you something else. Is your laptop important?"

"Well yeah. It's got all my documents on it and everything else"

"If you had to prioritize would you say it's more important then say... Jade"

"No. Nothing is more important then Jade. The laptop can be..."

"Can be what?"

"Fixed or replaced. Jade can't be fixed or replaced if I lost her"

"That's exactly right," Aviary said beaming with pride.

"Thank you so much. You helped me a lot"
The two said goodbye and hung up.

Beck went inside and talked to Jade.

"I'm sorry I got angry," he said, "I was upset about my laptop. I still am but in all honesty it's a minor thing and it can be repaired or replaced. It's on a warranty anyway so it won't be an issue. I love you Jade. Nothing is more important to me then you are. I want you to know that"

Jade kissed him.

"That means a lot to me," she said, "To hear you say that. I love you too"

Beck felt proud of himself.