Angry fog

Like most people I've been angry, displayed it outwardly and have let it get the better of me. I can recall many moments in which I have become angry at a situation, a person and even myself, and have allowed that anger to spill over. At the time it seemed the right reaction, but looking back I almost always can see a better alternative. I suppose that comes through gaining more experience and wisdom in life, and hindsight is most often very clear.

In those moments of anger I've rarely been able to think logically and consider all of the elements involved: The initial catalyst, my reaction, emotions, the ramifications, the options and challenges or the way forward. I've often been too enshrouded by that angry fog to see anything very clearly at all.

As I've gotten older, and a little more experienced, I have found myself becoming slower to anger, more able to control how it affects me and certainly how I initially react outwardly. I'll admit, this doesn't always happen, although largely I feel I deal with situations that previously caused anger to spill over with much more finesse and control - A condition that, more often than not, leads to better outcomes.

“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.” ― Aristotle