![]() But I also don’t like legalisms of most any kind, including the pacifist types. For crying out loud, it’s a celebration of bombs and fighting and killing. Of course as a pacifist, I have all sorts of problems with the Star Spangled Banner. ![]() Which brings me today to the Star Spangled Banner. Habitual anger, and its concomitant in resentment, seems rooted in an unhealthy fear that will, ultimately, destroy and demean and shame. Anger can focus a person, a people, in such a way that can save and protect and honor.īut anger cannot be a long-term strategy to living well. Old Aristotle once said something like this: a virtuous human being will be angry in response to the right thing, in the right way, for the right length of time, with the right intensity. In other words, anger is often a symptom of fear.Īnger, of course, can be an immensely helpful emotion. ![]() As I understand some of what the brain science folks say, as well as what my own practical experience tells me, anger is often a secondary emotion, with deeper feelings such as fear being primary. If you haven’t noticed, there’s a bit of anger in the air today.
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