Friday, October 21, 2005

Mastering Anger

Anger doesn't have many constructive outlets. Such potential for such power. So few, though, are masters of what they feel and not the other way around.
I rage inside. Seldom does it break through. Such self-restraint is not mastery either. That I do violence only to my own stomach lining merely limits my impact on others, which I suppose is better than overtly harming them, but hardly accomplishes anything that might benefit them.
There is a responsible, constructive place in the repertoire for anger as a force in the quest to make the world a better place. But we need to become better at feeling it, owning it, and mastering it. Then we will be better positioned to use it. Instead of it using us.

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