I came across an article that examines the negative and potentially positve parts of anger. Initially when I hear or feel anger, I recoil, after all who would qualify anger as FUN? But then, I read on:
“In the “Nicomachean Ethics,” Aristotle wrote, “The man who is angry at the right things and with the right people, and further, as he ought, when he ought, and as long as he ought, is praised.” Extending this logic into the present day, we would be well suited to cultivate our anger into rational tangible change, at both the micro and macro levels. Instead of lambasting our friends and loved ones with fire-tongued invectives, we could approach the anger as propulsion toward change, positive change. This will give us the incentive, not to criticize and belittle, but to put into motion significant advancement in the inter-personal realm. This is anger at work on the micro level, and on the macro level would be something like the Equal Rights movement, the Civil Rights movement, and the Environmental movement, all of which had their roots in outrage as much as concern. Possibly, if we channel our anger appropriately and constructively, we might even be able to fix our ailing economy?”
The key to this working to your advantage froma health perspective is recgonizing that YOU can change what is going on and how you feel. SO, in a nutsell if you feel it…DEAL with it and let it go.
TWO great quotes:
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. ~Albert Einstein
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~Buddha
