Growing up as a kid i also had anger, but then I came across a gospel message on self control and it changed how I react when angry. The change was never instantaneous rather it was a gradual process of channeling my anger whenever it arrived into something else. Then I would either drink water, take a shower or do some push-ups to blow off steam, and overtime the rate at which I reacted when I got angry reduced.
Anger as a fuel is not a sensible approach, having come from an industry that uses this approach. It has a significant range of physical and psychological impacts. The body goes into fight mode, and releases stress hormones, the longer you stay in that space, the more of these that are released. Generally speaking if your not going to burn it off physically, and wind down soon after, you're better off not doing this.
I think you’re arguing against a different point than the post is making. It’s not saying anger should be cultivated, prolonged, or used as a lifestyle strategy. It’s saying that when anger already appears, the useful move is to catch the surge before it becomes destructive and redirect it into something steadier. That’s very different from staying in fight mode or feeding the emotion.
Genius post. I am with you and not Seneca and the Stoics on this, because despite what modern Stoics say, there is a side of original Stoicism that devalues emotion and idolizes reason. But as Seneca said, "Whatever is well said by anyone belongs to me."
Growing up as a kid i also had anger, but then I came across a gospel message on self control and it changed how I react when angry. The change was never instantaneous rather it was a gradual process of channeling my anger whenever it arrived into something else. Then I would either drink water, take a shower or do some push-ups to blow off steam, and overtime the rate at which I reacted when I got angry reduced.
I completely agree with your message message 👍.
Anger as a fuel is not a sensible approach, having come from an industry that uses this approach. It has a significant range of physical and psychological impacts. The body goes into fight mode, and releases stress hormones, the longer you stay in that space, the more of these that are released. Generally speaking if your not going to burn it off physically, and wind down soon after, you're better off not doing this.
I think you’re arguing against a different point than the post is making. It’s not saying anger should be cultivated, prolonged, or used as a lifestyle strategy. It’s saying that when anger already appears, the useful move is to catch the surge before it becomes destructive and redirect it into something steadier. That’s very different from staying in fight mode or feeding the emotion.
Anger is not fuel.
Anger is evidence that something in the self has become destabilized.
The question is whether the destabilization is aligned with reality or merely with wounded desire.
Either way, anger is not the master.
It is the thing that must be brought back under mastery.
Genius post. I am with you and not Seneca and the Stoics on this, because despite what modern Stoics say, there is a side of original Stoicism that devalues emotion and idolizes reason. But as Seneca said, "Whatever is well said by anyone belongs to me."
But....but....why stop at anger?
/sarcasm
/not sarcasm
Yes now i am convinced i have