PICK GRATITUDE OVER RESENTMENT!

“Impatience is a spirit poison; anger is like a stone hurled into a hornet’s nest.” [UB, 48:7:20]

Thought Adjuster: “How do you assess your emotions? Do you control them, or do they trick you? Your honest answer will be an eye- and heart-opener.

Hate and anger are runaway emotions that ‘make you’ behave in dishonorable ways. Their volatile chemistry multiplies their destructive power. After bubbling up unchecked, anger erupts in violent outbursts, synergized by built-up resentment, cynicism, and contempt. Its emotional aftershocks rock your inner world, destabilizing you and those at the receiving end of your wrath.

If you live with emotional awareness—mindfully—you will quickly pick up on the forewarning discomforts that spell incoming trouble. Like all emotions, anger is energy in motion, significantly synergized by hate. What would happen if you recognized that it is within your superpowers to redirect its pent-up energy toward something you feel passionate about? It would repurpose it into a driving force for positive action.

Why not turn this internal threat against itself? It certainly deserves it, as it is a homewrecker that robs you of your inner peace. It exerts undue influence on the relationship you have with yourself and others. It is a dreadful merchant of doom. To top it all, it harms your physical well-being. Studies have shown a connection between anger and high blood pressure, heart and liver diseases, and depression. When anger takes you hostage, it demands a very costly ransom.

Do not let the ways of the world corner you in such a dark emotional place, where you lose all self-control. Reassert your authority by choosing love over hate and peace over restlessness. Use your breath as a conduit to flood your being with waves of therapeutic emotions, under the upbeat leadership of gratitude. Once you stop and think about it, you will find myriads of valid reasons to pick gratitude over resentment.”