Anger

"Forgo your anger for a moment and save yourself a hundred days of trouble."
— Chinese proverb

Wow. This one screamed at me today. Yesterday I was just, to be blunt, pissed off most of the day for no specific reason. I have had days where I am angry and there seems to be no specific reason for it but yesterday I really wanted to rip someone's face off. Ask my friends, I must have said that about 18 times yesterday. It was almost like a craving. I didn't think I was going to make it through the day without actually ripping someone's face off.

I don't know what triggered it but at some point I realized I wasn't angry anymore. (And this was before I had the margaritas so I know it wasn't that.) And I have to tell you, it felt really good. I felt relieved. I wonder if I had to feel the anger in order to realize just how good it felt not to be angry. Would I even have noticed that feeling of relief had I not been angry earlier in the day?

Let's hope I get that trouble free hundred days now.