Angry Angry Angry

Hey all,

I apologize for my lack of posting over the past few days! I haven't been on for many reasons: skiing, exams and not being home. BUT, I'm back, and I've got a new topic to talk about.

Anger. It's something we all experience. Whether you're angry at someone, or mad at something, it's never a good feeling. Alot of the time, anger and revenge go hand in hand. And I'm sure we all know that it's not a good mix. Dealing with anger can be just as hard as dealing with the reason WHY you're angry. Alot of the time, at least from my experience, I take my anger out on my family and I treat them like crap. I'm not proud of it, but that's how I tend to deal with it. How do you deal with your anger? Do you bottle it up inside? Do you take it out on others, just like I do? Or do you deal with it a different way? Whatever way you deal with it, we have to be super careful. Anger can burn alot of bridges, especially in the heat of the moment.

I think that anger is a completely normal thing to feel. I have to say that alot of the good poems I've written have been out of anger and sadness. So, depending on how you look at it, it can be a good or bad emotion. Either way, it's a very powerful one. I challenge you guys to take a different approach to dealing with your anger. Try these things the next time that you're feeling angry.

1. Count to 10 before responding. IT WORKS. It gives you time to think and cool off a little bit.
2. Instead of taking your anger out on others, mull it over in your head first. Leave the conversation/problem and then come back to it when you've calmed down.
3. Write. Play guitar. Cry. Scream into your pillow. Clean. Whatever helps to calm you down.
4. PRAY. :) God is ALWAYS willing to hear what you have to say. Nothing is too much for Him and nothing is too little for Him. AND, if you take time to listen, you just might hear what He's telling you too.

I hope that this will help you the next time you're feeling angry. Remember that the majority of people are not trying to make you upset. Maybe they said the wrong thing and you took it the wrong way, or maybe they're just having a bad day. You never know.

"For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I hope this helps. I know I get angry, Brad Pitt gets angry, EVERYONE GETS ANGRY. So don't worry. It's just how we express it. That's what we have to be careful about.

TGIF. :)