anger
Saturday, November 05, 2005
a sudden rush of blood, an eagerness to shoot your mouth off and to rebuke the alleged offender. everything you set your flaming eyes upon seemed to melt into raging red. your two fists curl up into balls of fire, ready to strike. you attack and the other party is down. you have won. anger has won.
anger seeks to manipulate and sets its mind on getting its way. it rises to power when you feel offended or displeased. it may also arise beacause of some unpleasantness. it is dangerous and pernicious as it might result in violence. anger will cause a rift due to malevolence. allies will become enemies, loggerheads will become foes.
anger holds alot in common with being able to let go and forgive. we often shut ourselves up in our own little red world, forgetting about the real world out there. we tend to lock ourselves in endless fantasies that we are always right and he is always wrong. we will bring up the past events and link it with this present one that enrages us so. the linked events form a tight grasp onto our anger, we are unwilling to let go. anger then seizes the opportunity to feed and double up. we are the only ones who hold the key to unlock and release this anger. we should stop, slow down that raging river of thoughts, think, reflect. we should put ourselves in their shoes and try to understand it from their point of view. we, should take up the place as their defence lawyers, coming up with reasons to defend them. henceforth, acting as judges, deeming him guilty or not. you have then forgiven, hence, anger being barred from its food, dies.