Perceptions of Anger

“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

How do we control anger when it isn't healthy to hold onto it? Letting go - can be easier said than done and holding onto anger, hurt, and disappointment doesn't help us. Finding ways that work with our being is important.

“Reality is ultimately a selective act of perception and interpretation. A shift in our perception and interpretation enables us to break old habits and awaken new possibilities for balance, healing, and transformation.”  David Simon

The is the poem KNOW from my third book “Inspire Me: Perception”

Chasing anger and cornered it. A fearful, sad beast faces me as I approached and see terror in its eyes.  I held their hand and anger’s calm.   I’m sorry I enslaved you for so long.  Holding you in my rigid heart.  You were banging on the walls trying to escape but I blamed you.  I’m sorry.  I thought you were hurting me and yet you were just trying to escape.  To let me be and I resisted.  Lacking knowledge of your truths and now I know.  Here you stand before me afraid as the child who created you.  Choking the past without comfort.  I hold your hand and liberate you.  My sorrow is great as life’s whispers confess.  I love you and let you go.  Embracing you tight, releasing with love.  Thank you, fear.

Many blessings.

For more in-depth information on anger, check out the links below.

1. https://meditativemind.org/root-causes-anger-ego-fear-frustration/
2. https://www.apa.org/topics/anger/control
3. https://www.apa.org/topics/anger/strategies-controlling
4. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-lies-and-conflict/201711/your-body-is-the-root-your-rage

Clean Soul by Kevin MacLeod
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