When my children are hurt or threatened, anger is a consequence. Anger is the fuel that gives you power, in times of trouble, to aid my children – your earthly sisters and brothers. But refine your anger. Don’t let it overpower you. Learn to feel it, but also to stoke and control it as you would a cooking fire: keep it large enough for heat, but not so large as to consume and destroy both you and your aims.
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Well said. Reminds me of one of my favorite Audre Lorde quotes: My anger has meant pain to me but it has also meant survival, and before I give it up I'm going to be sure that there is something at least as powerful to replace it on the road to clarity.
How well put. What a woman Audre is! I'm glad you shared that. I think that every human, when provoked, feels and expresses anger. Not a matter of choice. The only choice is *how* you express it. Where does the anger go, what does it do, does it keep you and others warm, or does it burn down the house?
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