I was so angry this morning. I felt wronged and criticized unfairly. I felt like a great injustice was done to me. I lost my temper, but I had a good reason, I had justified explanations for my temper. I felt like I was right to feel the way I did.
And it was only when I appealed to God, that I was compelled to recognize that losing my temper was my fault. This is a harder lesson to accept than some might think. What it does is forces you to stop blaming everyone and everything else. And look deep into yourself.
Life will always throw garbage, pain and suffering at you. Where to place the blame for that is another question. What is important to take note of however, is how much poorly and ineffectively so many of us deal with that garbage, pain and suffering.
If your feeling is anger, blaming others and a desire for revenge...that is human, that is what it means to be a person who feels.
What separates us from the animals, is that we can choose how we carry on. We can choose to be subject to feelings or instinct...or to overcome and rise above them.
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