Anger is an emotion...

Dear journal,


Enrage. Ire. Madden. Outrage. Infuriate. Rankle. Whatever you call it, it still means Anger.

Anger is the emotion that people of the underworld love. When they see man living in this anger-bubble, they rejoice and celebrate, for they know that many things wrong can grow out of this single emotion. They fuel the angst and they feed on envy. This is how the devils work.

In my 26 years of existence, I have been angry so many times already that it can last me a lifetime. Maybe I'm just exaggerating, but the truth is that it's difficult not to be angry if you have a very good reason to be angry. If you are someone as emotional and as sensitive as me, there is a greater chance of you being angry over something trivial. What I am saying is that when it comes to emotions, nothing is irrelevant; feelings, after all, are subjective.

Yesterday, my mother told me that people shouldn't be angry anymore and should just be happy because of what the signs of the time are telling us. She's just a bit paranoid, and I think she has every reason to be. If I was my old angry self, I would be scared of the apocalyptic scenarios that are flashed on the news all the time. Thank God, I changed. I don't know when, but there was a moment when I just got tired of being full of hate. I did not perfect the art of being-not-angry yet, but believe me when I say that I am really trying my best.

I know this particular person whom I have just met recently who creates his own anger out of his make-believe stories. Knowing psychiatric nursing, I can say that he is a product of a multi-dimentional personality disorders all rolled up into one. He is far older than I am, and yet I was the one who tried to understand. I believe that people with delusions are those with hidden anger. They displace this anger because it is the only way they can actually deal with it. He needs good friends; but how can he have good friends if he continues to have a bitter soul who feeds on malice and anger everyday?A malignant case, I must say. Anyway, I'll just pray for him tonight, and with high hopes, God makes a way for him.

There is another side of the coin, too. If you don't want to get angry, don't make other people mad as well. What goes around, comes around, so let us free ourselves from the calloused culture of insensitivity and carelessness as much as we can. Let us, ergo, tolerate although it's intolerable. 


Remember, lightning could strike anytime...