Anyone can be angry...

Aristotle said: “Anyone can be angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy”- I agree, and I believe:

This is why some of us tend to tamely wait until the person responsible for our anger has left and then we begin to blow up with rage – foolishly disturbing the peace - like trying to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.

This is why we ruin our case even when we have a genuine anger, because we absolve the actual cause of the annoying situation by transferring the anger or directing our reactions and negative emotions at innocent people.

This is why some of us rave against certain situations that only require simply and intelligent solutions. You know, like getting upset about something that you could just divest yourself of, or cursing the darkness when you could simply put the lights on.

This is why those who’re caught up in their own world can say anything, poke fun at or ridicule anyone without taking anyone’s feelings into account, but they become angry the moment they’re given a taste of their own medicine, forgetting that there wouldn’t be any if they didn’t start any. 

This is why I did this piece, hoping that even if we cannot do away with anger, we will at least learn to be angry with the right people, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way.