Anger: Our Cheapest, Easiest Emotion

Are you seduced by the intoxicating trance of anger? It takes almost nothing to be angry. In many cases, anger itself is a second hand emotion that flows downstream from some other feeling.

What’s upstream of your anger?

Common first hand emotions from which anger stems from are pain, grief, sadness, etc. I’ve found as I’ve gotten older that anger is a seemingly all-to-common emotion. When I look closer, it generally stems from a different feeling altogether. 

While I can’t know what investigating this could do for you, it’s helpful awareness for me. After all, there’s much more compassion in realizing you’re not an angry person as much as you just might be a sad person.