A Vow To Never Get Angry

Time and again have we heard from great scholars and philosophers about anger and what ill it leads to. Since when we were little we have been  told not to get angry but the most protuberant feeling of the human nature, even than love is anger. We get angry about anything and everything that can be angered upon, and at times when we are feeling really troubled your favourite piece of music or even an ice cream can make you angry.

I've been one of those 'angry kids' when I was little, maybe because I was a bit pampered or maybe it's genetics, never too late to blame it on your parents. I've hurt people in the process and have known that I've been wrong but with a personality such as mine apologizing wasn't really a thing I would do.

As I grew up I couldn't anymore be violent because of the danger of physically hurting someone and so I realized the damages that rage could bring about. And gradually I got angry less often lest hurting people but that came with a price, now the rare occasion I did get angry my anger reached a 8 on the 'Rageter' scale.

Every time I got angry I made sure to examine myself as to what actions I take and what decisions do I make and I realized that all those sayings and quotes about losing your mind made sense. The more and more I learned about anger the more I came to fear it. And so I took a vow. A vow to never get angry.

But the story doesn't end here. After I started walking down the 'no-anger' road I learned something new. I came to understand that Anger constitutes for more than any feelings known to human in terms of percentage. Anger in itself encloses and enfolds in it many more emotions. It doesn't ride alone but pairs itself with others like fear. If you'd numb one you'd numb many altogether,

Although I say so, anger as an enemy is a formidable one ( I like to think of it as a blue dragon with shiny scales which change to different shades of blue when it breathes fire. It has golden cat-like eyes and breathes red fire) and like all formidable enemies it is not easy to defeat. And just like The Ring in the Lord Of The Rings rage has a will of its own. The more you try to put it down and not let it surface the more intensely it erupts when it erupts.

The more often you get angry the more people you will hurt while if you only get angry once in a while you will throw all your ire on one person or two who are usually the closest to you.

So is it better to let your anger out more frequently or to let it out only occasionally when you just can't handle it anymore? If you are the kind of person who prefers the first option I hope you are brave enough to apologize and if you're the kind of person who prefers the latter I hope you have those few people around that understand you and can take it what you throw at them. Fortunately I have them.

I will continue my quest and battle with the most fierce enemy known to mankind. Trying to slay the dragon I will journey down the no-anger road.

I didn't think I would find such a perfect photo.