Keep It Positive, Anger's not your friend

The pressures and anxieties of life can make people feel angry all the time, which can lead to hate, which can lead to either depression or violence.  Isn’t that why countries fight wars?  One side is angry at the other for one reason or another or wants to force their views.  Even family, friend, and community drama can breed conflict and anger.

Despite anxieties of life and unforeseen occurrences, we have a choice in how we handle situations.  We can choose to humble ourselves and let it go or allow our anger to fester resulting in some uncontrolled emotional outburst or action.  I realize it’s not as easy as it sounds but it is necessary to know what battles are worth fighting and which are not important enough to care about, especially when you want to achieve your goals and realize your dreams.  Beware of ALL negative forces.

Economic despairs, defamation of character, and personal woes can put pressure on us both emotionally and physically.  As a matter of fact, one component linked to crises by police and some community organizations is anger.  Why?  Because anger is a strong emotion and eats at us and eats at us until we either do something, say something or learn to forgive and let it go. 

I use personal experiences to get certain points across and this is one I know all too well, because I had a recent conflict with an ex-friend that caused me to have to correct anger and choose my actions.  But, like most, in the beginning I allowed anger to get the best of me because I felt I needed to defend myself from the deceitfulness.  Thank goodness for my class who helped ground me with some of my very own sayings and essentially helped me to any recent attempts she makes to make me angry.  I simply ignore her now because I vowed that negativity would not enter my circle and I meant it, though I had that little setback.  You can do the same!!

Experience is a good teacher and liars are liars are liars; anxiety is anxiety is anxiety; and life is life is life.  It is up to us how we choose to live and handle it.  Therefore, realize that you cannot control what other people do and say but you can control you and what you do and say.  It doesn't make you a punk just smarter than the other person.  That is a fact and no matter how many times you want to fight or you want to dispute it, you have to be bigger than that.  Anger is not your friend.  Life deals what it needs to when it needs to and vengeance is not ours.  It belongs to a higher power and if you believe you know.  That being said, keep in the forefront of your being the fact that anger is NOT your friend.  KEEP IT POSITIVE!

***PEACEFUL JOURNEYS