Monday, April 14, 2008

Deal with the Anger

“Unacknowledged anger does not disappear just because it is denied. The body knows what the mind refuses to admit.”
- Gold, Joseph. Read For Your Life: Literature as a Life Support System. Fitzhenry and Whiteside: Markham, 1990. pg 238

This doesn’t sound like a motivational quotation at first glance but I think it gives us a truth that we need to understand. Anger is a feeling that everyone experiences at some times. It is okay to be angry. It is okay to release the anger as well, in fact it is necessary to do so.

Anger can be released in all sorts of productive and safe ways. You can get a punching bag to release your frustrations. You could go for a run like I do. Or write, paint, make art, whatever. Express yourself and release your anger because holding onto it does not help your health.

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