A gentle person is level-headed and reacts to stress with steadiness and fairness. We can choose to pick up every disappointment, stress or frustration that is tossed our way, or we can choose to not pick up that garbage in the first place. We not only have the choice of how we will perceive trials, but how we will react to them. Contagiously calm people trust that God is always in control and encourage others around them that everything will be okay.