Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order. --Maggie Scarf
Anger can multiply our difficulties in many situations. All of us can look back and remember times when we only made our problems worse because we stepped on the gas and lost all ability to use the brakes.
Now we are growing into more adulthood. We are learning to manage our feelings and use them well. This doesn't happen overnight. We would do well to recall how energized we have felt when we let our anger fly and how much we loved that energy at the moment. Only later did we face the damage we caused. Saying we are sorry isn't enough: we must also be willing to take on the harder task of changing our behavior. When we accept that we love the power and the energy of our anger and aggression, we can begin to rein it in and take charge of it rather than be ruled by it.
Today I will not indulge in the pleasure of anger allowed to run wild.
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
My mouth has gone south so many times. When I think of all the times I said mean things to put others down when I was drinking, it makes me angry at myself. I feel like I am so much better now. I don't blow up nearly as much and it seems like I don't get nearly as mad at people and over things like I used to do. I do still get angry at myself...and speaking of self-anger...
I posted on here about a book I was reading in regards to Anger written by another alcoholic. I am still not organized enough as far as keeping things orderly and in a place where I will be able to find them. I was wanting to take that book with me one night to read after a meeting and couldn't find it. I looked in every pile where I thought it was and the more I looked, the angrier I got. I got angry over not being able to find my You Can't Make Me Angry book.
Great post, Pappy.
