Friday, December 31, 2004

Dealing with 'Anger'

I was sitting on a little wooden chair in the living room, my eyes fixed to the television set, my fingers skillfully pushing the buttons of the remote control, when I saw an envelope which says, 'To: Ng family' resting on the table, I picked up the envelope curiously, opened the envelope and quickly glanced through the few pieces of papers, it's not written by hand, rather, its photocopied, its from my sister, now in L.A...

The following is something from the mail that I would like to share with all..

'Dealing with Anger'

'Anger. The very word makes us pause. Yet to be human is to know anger. Anger helps us to defend our rights and protect our freedoms - as individuals and as a society. For all the positive aspects of anger, though, we only know only too well the destructive forms it can also take: physical and emotional violence, depression, even illness'

'We face the challenge of harnessing the energy of anger without ruining our relationships, our health, and - in some cases - our very lives. To do this, we need to understand what anger is. Many people confuse anger with aggression. But anger is not aggression. An anger is something we feel; aggression is something we do. As an emotion, anger can be expressed in many ways, contructively or destructively.'
words of, Louisa Rogers

I used to be a very angry person, aggressive, the destrcutive-kind-when-angry kind of person. That made me a very very ungly person, thats my impression to a lot of people, some hated me, some was kind enough to forgive me for who I was. Over the years, I had learn a lot, through friends, readings, my thoughts... I tried hard to change myself, or to use a more appropriate word, to 'correct' my ways of expressing my anger, to become a better person...

I've been through some very stuggling time, I do not dare to say I have totally changed, some times, getting emotionally is inevitable, thats why I felt something when I read this article, something deep inside that I do not understand and do not know how to explain it, and that something made me wanna share it with you all.

Anger is a tool that promotes understanding and healthy change in our relationships, use it wisely, ok?

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