I tried to get mad at people. They lied. They betrayed me. They disappeared. Do you hear the pattern? “They this, they that” … But one day I tried thinking of everything as my fault … What power! Now you’re the person who made things happen, made a mistake, and can learn from it. Now you’re in control and there’s nothing to complain about.*
Derek Sivers

How would I live if I was exactly what’s needed to heal the world?**
Rachel Naomi Remen

The apostle Paul counsels,
Be angry but do not sin;
do not let the sun go down on your anger^ –
But how?

Wisdom takes anger on a journey through
opening the mind, the heart, and the will:
How did I contribute to this?
What does the other want to see happen?
What can I now make happen to improve things?^^

Anger is a sign that something is wrong, but
when we take it on a journey, we can
make it count, we can arrive
at a better place, even to identifying
the contribution we can make in the world.

Two thousand years ago, Paul was
telling people that if
they took anger for a walk it could even become
kindness, gentleness, and forgiveness –
Which is godlike.

I guess we didn’t expect to
get there from here.

*Derek Sivers’ Hell Yeah or No;
**Krista Tippett’s Becoming Wise;
^Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 4:26;
^^There are plenty of questions for opening the mind, heart, and will; these are only for starters;
*^Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 4:32.