Can I borrow a Jack

Heres the next article I promissed to publish.

Long ago I read an article in Readers Digest. I think I was titled "Can I borrow a jack".
Then it was just a read. But now its more like a lesson in anger management.

The article goes thus -
Once while returning late in the night, at an isolated location, the car tyre of Mr. X gets punctured. He has a spare tyre but is not carrying a jack.

While contemplating on what can be done, he sees a light far away. The light is like a god send in this isolated location.
He decides to walk down to that house to borrow a jack.
On his way, he is thinking this over. He shall knock on the door and politely ask the owner for a jack. On explaining his plight the owner should give him the jack. But its so late in the night. He will definitely will be disturbing them. What if they get angry. He should apologise he thinks. Slowly he starts to get irretated. they should help a stranded person and not get angry he thinks.
But what if they dont open the door at all or refuse to give him the jack and ask him to go look elsewhere.
These thoughts are going-on in his mind and he becomes really furious by the time he reaches the house. He knocks on the door and a friendly looking man opens the door.
By then this guy blows his tops off and shouts that he does not need his jack and turns away.

I have this habit of contemplating a situation and run it through me head (like the guy in our story).
And many a times I find myself in a similar situation. Well I remind myself then "can I borrow a Jack".