divineirony: “This, exactly.”
teachthemhowtothink: “Why isn’t EVERYONE angry? That’s my question.”
markrprice: “…and to address the issue of why I’m not angry all the time, that’s simple self preservation. There is enough I am in direct contact with that I would be consumed. So perhaps it’s not that others aren’t angry, but are fighting a different battle.”
A rambl of paragraphs ensues.
I would recommend “reading more”, as the man says.
I think anger is a relatively fair signifier that something is afoot, given what I’ve said above. Also, emotions are emotions. They come and go like clouds, usually beyond our willing. We give context to what we feel and because of that we have the power to transmute this substance.When I ask myself why it’s valuable to carry anger inside my heart for the protest, the movement or the revolution I come up blank. Sure I get mad, but what does that have to do with getting things done? And if compassion is indeed the cause of my anger, by god, I hope my friends will remind me it’s at the root of my cleverness, joy and harmony as well. I suspect they’re all workable catalysts.
My italics. This post has it all. I laughed, I cried, I agreed.
(Source: aliasme)
