By Jan Vicente B. Pekas
As we go through our lives day by day, we emit different kinds of emotions. Whether we are happy because of a good day or frustrated after a stressful experience, the emotions we produce are always dynamic. Ever changing as they may be, we can’t deny that our feelings affect those around us. We hurt our enemies and love our families.
Some of our emotions impact our lives longer than others. Lust can be so strong that it can control our body, but it will fade eventually. But for anger, the effects can last a lifetime. It can cause harm to ourselves and to the people around us. And there are those who control their anger, they use it to their advantage. But for children like me with not much experience in life, controlling one’s emotions seems impossible.
It is only after our heads cool down do we see the consequences of anger. As if hatred closed our eyes all along, the ugly sight of someone past being angry is one that refreshes the mind.
But perhaps due to our stubbornness, we still fall easily to anger. Despite witnessing the effects and damages it can do, resorting to rage is just too easy.
Only after confronting these experiences can we mature, to man up and face the consequences, instead of running away from it. As a result, even the children with the least experience in life can be more matured than a grumpy old man. After all, with maturity comes the knowledge of how mundane anger is. It gives us tunnel vision when life is too big to fit in a tunnel. We end up being shortsighted, irrational, and altogether make bad decisions.
Yet, some people have anger ingrained in their bones. Rage is just what they are born with, and it seems it cannot be removed. But even with limited experience on this earth one can always look past hatred. Look through it and see how small it is compared to the road you will walk on. Take a step back and witness how insignificant it seems compared to your life.
Anger is not something we can permanently remove. We may resist it, but we’re only human, we will make mistakes. Slip ups will happen here and there, but with patience, we can gain knowledge from our mistakes. And in time we will know what to do to avoid anger when it’s coming. Actions needed to be done must be done to prevent it from worsening. Then with experience we will learn how to clean up our own mess. Anger must not be the master of our life, even it it has the capabilities to do so. A life controlled by rage is a bad dream. A nightmare so difficult to awaken from. And when we finally decide to wake up, then our life will be truly ours.
We already have so much ability and capability to make mistakes. And humanity has done enough wrongdoings on this earth. We do not need the help of adding more.**
