Stoic Coffee Break

How to be AngryOne of the things that I find vexes us in modern society is how to be angry. Anger is not a bad thing in an of itself. It simply is an emotion. When we get angry it is because something has bothered us. We’re generally not taught how manage our anger very well. Things get pushed below the surface, when they stew and remain unresolved. We are often afraid of dealing with someone that is angry because we as a culture, at least here in the U.S., avoid talking about it and dealing with it in a healthy way. It is used to bully people, intimidate others, and to shut down discourse. We see this in our current political scene, where many of our leaders lash out at anyone they feel have wronged them or disagree with them in any way.Of course there will be anger where the love is strong, spilled like gasolineIt’s crude but it’s a power we can draw upon, if it fuels the right machine— David Wilcox, Covert WarOne of the things that I’ve been meditating on lately is how do manage anger better? My role model