I am easily angered -I’m not ashamed to admit that. Petty things and bigger issues,  they  are all addressed with the same passion.  Sometimes, when I’m angry, I just keep quiet; other times, I yap -endlessly or do something foolish. But my anger is always volatile, I get angry now but forget about that later. Nonetheless, for the longest time, I’ve harbored guilt - maybe frustration is the right word. Mmm, I get frustrated for getting angry too easily. Sometimes, even depressed. I always include it in my prayers for God to help me not be angry.

One time in the distant past, a friend quoted a verse in the Bible justifying anger (just couldn’t remember the verse though). She said God too gets angry. Well, that helped a little. It helped dispel the disheartening I-am-bad-because-I-get-angry feeling although not totally.

Today, we’ve been to church. And the Homily focused on the issue about anger. The priest more than repeated what  my friend said years ago, he expounded on it. “It’s not bad to be angry, but what you do with the anger might be.” It’s what we do because we’re angry that makes the difference diay.

I still don’t feel good about getting angry -albeit too easily but that makes sense to me. It’s indeed  the action following this dark emotion that needs to be controlled, and not the feeling.  It sounds so simple and I wish  it’s that easy to curb the action and not do bad when angered. But then I can always pray and so I’m modifying my prayer now. *smiles*