silence is golden

For the past few days I've encountered some troubling thoughts. I don't know, every time that one person had tried to start problems with me, I get these terrifying thoughts, I get consumed with fury and it just wouldn't exit my mind. Then I had a thought, if I had opened my mouth and fired back some words, would it change anything? Would that make me feel better about myself? One thing is for sure is that that person wouldn't change. The only thing that would had happened was that someone would have gotten hurt (probably physically as well). So I meditated. My mother told me to calm down and meditate. Meditation sounds simple, but it helped me overcome an agressive feeling and I just felt empowered and calm and what had bothered me before didn't seem to bother me anymore (for the time being). If I had said anything foul or hurtful every effort that I put into being a better person would have vanished and I'd be just like everybody else. I figured maybe if I save my words then I'd be saving myself too.