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INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
“I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.”
~ From “A Poison Tree” by William Blake

BITTER FRUIT!

Here’s an interesting lesson in anger management. A bar in eastern China has developed a novel way of attracting clients - allowing customers to beat up the staff! The Rising Sun Anger Release Bar encourages its patrons to smash glasses, rant out loud, and actually punch specially trained workers.

At first you may think, “Hey, that’s not a bad idea! What a great way to safely release all that pent up steam.” After all, pressure today comes from every corner of our lives - work, family, finances. It might be tempting to vent your anger under such circumstances, but is literally hitting out the best, if not easiest, solution?

We become angry with others who don’t meet our expectations, but often that anger really comes from our own unhappiness with ourselves. If we feel the type of outrage that would lead us to desire harming another, that would suggest a need for an adjustment in lifestyle and psychology. After all, it has been said that he who angers you, conquers you.

As in William Blake’s poem, the first step is to speak your anger. The effects of repression are twofold, in that the cause of your wrath remains completely unaware and unable to compromise (or apologize), and those feelings of negativity will continue to grow and fester from within, leaving you in worse shape than before The Great Offense.

In the words of Marcus Aurelius, “How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” That applies whether you go to an Anger Release Bar or choose to repress your wrath. Balance is only achieved once you can both confront and conquer those feelings, either on your own or with a little help. Dig in and rip out that “Poison Tree” by the roots!
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