Forget anger toward all who have offended you,
For from anger springs a multitude of wrongs.
The face's smile and the heart's joy are slain by anger.
Does there exist a greater enemy than one's own anger?
-Tirukkural 31: 303-304
Excellent advice. Years ago, particularly when I was still drinking, I'd get angry at someone or something and remain angry for years. Hold a grudge much? In AA we call these long term grudges resentments. Put simply, resentments lead to drinking. Today, I still get angry but I let that anger go; I let it pass by. Anger is a poison that, not unlike drinking and drugging, I must do without.
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I've long believed that anger is more addictive--and dangerous--than any chemical poison.
Or in the words, of Ki Lo Ni, the great teacher, "Anger is a weapon only to one's opponent."
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