Anger - the key to a horrible little life

If you want a petty, little life I would contend that you can do that by letting anger run your life. Let me illustrate:

Something happens at work and it makes you angry. You get angry because you are insecure. (Secure people generally don’t snap as fast. People who understand who they are and how they work don’t have as many anger actions as the rest of us.) So you get insecure and angry and you take that home with you. You don’t neccesarily even know that they anger followed you home. It’s your fault though because anger knocked at your door and you gave in to it. So you bring that hidden anger home and overreact to spouse. Your such a big man that you take it out on your wife. Or your such a smart woman that you take it out on your husband. Then the two of you (who have just had a really long day) take it on your kids. Clean your room! All you have to do is clean your room! You have one thing that you need to do in this world and you can’t even do that! When I was your age I was a much better person than you are! Then your kids go to school the next day carrying this anger that you gave them. They have no idea that they are taking anger with them (it’s just the magical gift that you gave them.) So there they are in class feeling like they aren’t worth anything but they seem some other kid who is too skinny or too fat to be worth anything. They take their insecurities and anger given to them by their parents and then your kids end up bullying some helpless bystander at school that has nothing to do with your anger.

So you wake up the next morning unhappy with who you are....and it all starts over.

Jesus said that the Old Testament told you not to kill anyone. He said that you shouldn't even be angry. The old testament principal is an eye for and eye. That meant that if someone harms you, you can get exact retribution. Then you need to let it go. That principal is hard enough. He said you should see anger coming and just stop it. Don't let it ruin your life and you family. Just stop it.

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