Anger is an uncomfortable emotion to talk about. Like any other emotion, it can have a serious effect upon us. When we allow our emotions to rule us, those emotions can become a mighty tyrant. Uncontrolled emotions can be like having a rope thrown around you, pulling you back and forth. It can be like a leash jerking at you, demanding you move whenever and in whatever direction it is pulling you. We follow, not thinking about how our emotions are controlling our actions. One moment emotions yank us one way and then another. We spend our energy reacting instead of acting to control our angry emotion, sometimes wrecking relationships and definitely harming our inner person.
Anger can take the form of uncontrolled outbursts of senseless rage, as well as the quiet bitterness of inner turmoil that seethes within a person. The heat of anger can lie dormant in a person until the right moment, or it can define how a person lives.
Explore how you can handle anger before it gets the upper hand. Grow in your understanding of how to be solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented when your emotions attempt to take control. Learn how to act and not react; use the power and energy of emotion to bless rather than blast; use the power and energy of emotion to pursue a solution rather than bury your emotions, creating turmoil within.