MANAGING THE EMOTIONS OF ANGER...

  Sometime ago, a man punished his three year old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. He got infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the tree.

  Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "this is for you, daddy". He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his temper flared again when he found that the box was empty. He yelled at her, "don't you know that when you give someone a present there is supposed to be something inside."

  The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "oh daddy, it is not empty I blew kisses into the box, all for you daddy."

The man was crushed. He put his arms around the little girl and begged her for forgiveness.

The man kept the box by his bed for years, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

  How many times have we like the man in the story hurt the people who matter most to us by our inability to control our emotions of anger?

Anger is quick and transitory, it is an invisible fire. It tends to squelch the richer emotion of love. 

  It is estimated that 60 to 80 percent of illnesses today are emotionally induced, and anger and fear are the main culprits.

Whenever the nervous system becomes tense as a result of anger, it adversely affects one or more parts of the body.

  Instead of continuously hurting the people close to you and saying sorry, why don't you learn how to take charge of your emotions?  Why don't you discipline yourself in such a way that your anger can be subdued and controlled?

Do not act when you are angry.To be temperate is to be self controlled,loosen up your stronghold on life. Cultivate the mind of a child, a mind that nurses no animosity, a mind that's free, a friendly mind ready to explore life.

  Controlling your anger today can save you 100 days of nervousness. It can even bring your way many friends, no one wants to be with someone who lashes out at the slightest chance. It scares people away from you.

Take charge of your life, manage your emotions.