Maybe the anger is the "screaming knee" that is saying "Attend! Attend! Look here! Here is where the wound is! Attention ... LOVE ... is needed here!" ... not just for the other person ... but for me.
Mike, I'm just touching up a little bit reading this one and one before. You introduced me to a lot of new thoughtful resources and interesting and helpful ideas both from you and from others. Thank you. Next time you're in the area, I owe you a happy hour or lunch or dinner. Stay in touch!
Mike, this post is excellent, and I’m grateful that you aren’t sharing superficial, anesthetic words to dismiss the reality of painful experience that comes to each of us in an honest, human life. Stay faithful to your honest experiences which give hope to the rest of us.
Here's what I know to be true, at least, for me: Anger is always, always, always, a secondary emotion. By that, I don't mean that anger has a lesser status, but that it is a reaction to something, usually something that is very important. Anger has a function: It wants us to protect ourselves or someone else, to fight, to get away from someone, or to create some kind of change. Your insights about anger deeply resonate with my own and provoke me to consider delving even deeper into the sacredness of anger. Thank you for being brave and being honest.
I've been taught this, too ... and it has been very helpful. I also appreciate your words on the positive function of anger. I'm learning that every one of our emotions is there for a reason and has something to teach us. Thank you for your own bravery and honesty.
Mike, I'm just touching up a little bit reading this one and one before. You introduced me to a lot of new thoughtful resources and interesting and helpful ideas both from you and from others. Thank you. Next time you're in the area, I owe you a happy hour or lunch or dinner. Stay in touch!
I’ll be back in town next week. Would love to get together. Always appreciate our conversatioms
Mike, this post is excellent, and I’m grateful that you aren’t sharing superficial, anesthetic words to dismiss the reality of painful experience that comes to each of us in an honest, human life. Stay faithful to your honest experiences which give hope to the rest of us.
Here's what I know to be true, at least, for me: Anger is always, always, always, a secondary emotion. By that, I don't mean that anger has a lesser status, but that it is a reaction to something, usually something that is very important. Anger has a function: It wants us to protect ourselves or someone else, to fight, to get away from someone, or to create some kind of change. Your insights about anger deeply resonate with my own and provoke me to consider delving even deeper into the sacredness of anger. Thank you for being brave and being honest.
I've been taught this, too ... and it has been very helpful. I also appreciate your words on the positive function of anger. I'm learning that every one of our emotions is there for a reason and has something to teach us. Thank you for your own bravery and honesty.