Have you been angry lately? Anger is a common emotion. Every person has times when they experience feelings of annoyance, irritation, resentment or anger. Let’t talk about anger for a few moments …
What we need to realise is that anger can cause great damage and so therefore it is essential for healthy relationships that we get our anger under control.
There are two common causes of anger.
- Firstly, there is frustration. Frustration occurs when our goal is blocked. Maybe the driver in front of you is going 10 kilometres under the speed limit and you are in a hurry or maybe someone is an hour late for an appointment that you made an effort to be on time for. When you are frustrated you start to feel angry.
- A second cause of anger is hurt. When someone does or says something to us that really hurts us anger begins to emerge.
There is a big difference between feeling angry and then acting out angry behaviour. Anger is not the problem. It’s what we do with it. I encourage you to manage your anger today.
Anger … Think about it.