DAY 44 - When you're angry . . .

A dilemma: how do I know which is which?
Am I sad or mad? Or both? Or none?

How do you know when you're angry? That's the question.

The answer is you don't. Why? 

- First of all, a person rarely knows specifically when he or she's angry. Only the people around them, those who are directly affected by their anger. They know for they can feel it. Then the moment you know or are aware, you're no longer angry.

- Second, anger is relative because it's emotionally subjective. People may tell you that you have a hot temper or you're depressed at the time, but you don't think so. For you, you're not. For the men, normally you'd say that's the way men are. You're being assertive and a little noisy. And for the women, you're just sad and worried. For you, that's not anger but melancholy. I got some news for you, sadness is anger in disguise. Observe and see. Basically, your perception of anger is different from others. 

Well, whats' the point then?

The point is simple: Be Aware. 

Subjectively speaking, when you enter a room or a place where there's someone you're at odd with but don't want to admit it, have you ever felt a kind of tension under your throat or a tingling sensation in your brain or a rushing of the blood onto your face or shortness of breaths or rather, a sudden natural suffocation? Put simply, do you feel suffocated at the presence of that particular individual? 

If that's the case you can safely say to yourself you have a lingering anger. If this anger is not addressed it will control your attitude and behavior.

Look and see for yourself. 

Whenever you feel that way, breathe out . . . Here's where your breathing out . . . is useful and really helpful.

Breathe out . . . now into the serene surrounding of the peaceful and gentle Holy Spirit.

God bless y'all.