Matt
grew up hiding in his room while his dad stormed around the house in a drunken
rage. Susan recalls a home where a raised voice was treated as a sin. Sam
remembers the punishment he received for fighting a boy who took his ball
glove. And Mary can't forget the time her family was evicted when her parents
complained to the landlord. All these are very different stories with one
common message: Anger is bad so didn’t get mad.
Anger
is one of the issues which all most all face in the life. Some people do a
slow, quiet burn. Others explode in a fury. Every one in the world faces this
issue at least one time in their life. The way we handle anger will have a lot
to do with our success in relationships and on the job. Very personally I faced
this so many times in my life. I have noticed that it is a common phenomenon
and people face the consequences of anger in different ways.
2,200 year old, South Indian scripture on
ethics, the Tirukural, devotes an entire chapter to the subject. The Tirukural
warns that "anger gives rise to teeming troubles. It kills the face's
smile and the heart's joy. Left uncontrolled it will annihilate you. It burns
even friends and family who try to intervene, and easily leads to injuring
others." In every religion we see mentioning about anger and its
management.
The
bible portraits some people who became angry with God. Moses (Exodus. 5:22),
Naomi (Ruth. 1:20-21), Elijah (1King. 17:20), Jeremiah (Jeremiah. 4:10), Jonah
(Jonah 4:1-4) are the best examples. Paul says in Ephesians that, "Be
angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no
opportunity to the devil." (Ephesians. 4: 26-27)
The
crucial question is, what is the benefit when we get angry? Do we gain
something or loose something when we get angry? It is good to have the
realization that anger does not empower us to lead a successful life.
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