A worried husband visited his doctor, seeking advice on how to handle his wife’s explosive temper. The doctor listened attentively, nodding his head as the man described his wife’s daily outbursts.
The doctor’s solution was unexpected. “Whenever your wife starts to lose her temper, take a glass of water and swish it around in your mouth,” he instructed. “Keep swishing until she calms down or leaves the room. But don’t swallow the water until then.”
The husband was skeptical, but desperate for a solution. He followed the doctor’s advice, and two weeks later, he returned to the doctor’s office looking refreshed and revitalized.
“I don’t know how it works, Doc, but it’s amazing!” the husband exclaimed. “Every time my wife started to get angry, I swished that water around, and she calmed right down. What’s in the water that makes it so effective?”
The doctor smiled knowingly. “It’s not the water that’s doing the trick,” he revealed. “It’s the fact that you’re keeping your mouth shut that’s making all the difference.”
