| Our emotions are like the weather. The weather | | | | have heard of Jesus Christ may have heard of |
| changes constantly. A day can start out with the | | | | the time He angrily turned over tables in the |
| most beautiful sunrise, and by noon the skies can | | | | temple. The reason? He saw the poor being taken |
| go from blue to gray and cloudy with thundering | | | | advantage of by greedy businessmen in the |
| and lightning. We have emotions that are like the | | | | house of God out all places! This behavior |
| bright shiny days and we have some that are like | | | | triggered the emotion of anger in Him and He |
| dark clouds of thunder and lightning. We have | | | | moved to action. |
| seen weather forecasts that suggest weathers | | | | In dealing with Anger, we must pay attention to |
| are triggered by warm temperatures or cold | | | | the triggers to either avoid the emotion, or if we |
| temperatures etc. The bottom-line is that | | | | need to weather the storm of this emotion, |
| weather is triggered by something. It does not | | | | develop ways to channel it correctly. Loosing |
| just happen. | | | | control with anger as the stimulus never produces |
| Thus there are obviously good and bad emotions, | | | | good results. Loosing control in anger can be |
| just like there is good and bad weather. | | | | likened to the dark clouds of thunder and lightning |
| Fortunately we can detect when bad weather is | | | | with tornadoes. |
| heading our way [most of the time]. Using this | | | | You can find many ways to handle anger |
| information we take certain precautionary | | | | correctly, taught by experts. However here are |
| measures to deal with bad weather, either | | | | some methods that I have employed: |
| through avoidance or should we need to remain | | | | - Not going over the confrontation or event |
| out in the elements, use protective gear. | | | | before hand in your head in a negative light. So do |
| Anger | | | | not anticipate what others are going to say or do |
| We should be able to forecast our emotions as | | | | negatively and how you are going to react |
| well, based on the environment. Remember the | | | | negatively. Think of this as not taking gasoline |
| weather triggers. We can usually tell when our | | | | with you to deal with a fire. |
| emotions are changing, depending on what is going | | | | - If the event happens suddenly then obviously |
| on around us. The emotion that most people try | | | | you do not have much time to prepare. However, |
| to avoid is that of anger. This is like the | | | | remember the 'triggers' we discussed earlier. You |
| thundering and lightning weather. We can deal with | | | | should know when you are in an environment that |
| anger by taking notice of the things that trigger | | | | is conducive to an anger outburst. So spend time |
| this emotion in us. If we notice the triggers, then | | | | thinking about how positively you can respond to |
| we can take steps to avoid it by removing | | | | a situation. |
| ourselves from the situation or, if it is something | | | | If you spend time imagining positive responses vs. |
| we need to 'weather', e.g. a necessary | | | | negative reactions, you will soon begin to develop |
| confrontation, then we need to take measures to | | | | proper ways of handling anger. It requires |
| not let that emotion get out of control. | | | | programming your mind. So if you have an anger |
| Anger is not necessarily a bad emotion, but it is | | | | problem, spend some time each day imagining |
| often not channeled correctly. Anger can be used | | | | how positively you can respond to situations. It will |
| to move people into action. Most people who | | | | manifest outwardly. |