depression

Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer

from depression to vitality

in praise of anger: feel it to free it

You were disrespected. Ignored, again. They outright lied; she betrayed you; he took what wasn’t his to take. Someone crossed your boundaries and drove right over your well-declared intentions.

You got screwed. And that’s a fact.

So-called 'spiritual' responses to anger:
"It’s all meant to be. Everything is in divine order."
"She was doing the best that she could."
"He had a rough childhood, so he’s not fully to blame."
"It’s God’s will."
"I create my reality."
"My ego got in the way."
"I’m no victim."

To forgive is divine. And that’s a fact. But there’s a missing step in this enlightened scenario: anger and reckoning.

Yes, you are implicit in creating your reality. Yes, you attract the crap and the glory that is your life. But you are not responsible for other people’s bad behavior. Period. And once you’re clear about that, you clear the way for the anger to move through and out of you. (more...)

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