The path to Tranquility (spring)
18. Transforming anger into creativity
When we feel angry, we often lose control of our emotions and even lose our minds. This is dangerous and harmful to ourselves and others. However, if we learn to transform the destructive power of anger into creativity, we can be inspired to learn to calmly respond to everything that happens around us.
The reason for getting angry easily is usually the inability to use the energy of life correctly. The biggest problem is that we get masked by our angry emotions and mistake our inflated ego for our true self. Only by recognizing that our habits and emotions do not represent us can we avoid letting anger control our body's behavioral responses.
The energy of life cannot be suppressed, we can only channel its direction. There is no need to think of anger as a serious problem, it will naturally subside if we stop paying attention to it. However, if we can channel the energy generated by anger into motivation and invest it in something we enjoy, we can create more new things. For example, write a song and express our anger in the lyrics.
Focusing on the things we like first and then revisiting the things that make us angry can change how we feel and even make big things seem like small things. When we fully enjoy the things we love, we have no time to pay attention to the small things. When the anger dissipates, we also discover the meaning of those things.
Channeling anger into creativity can bring about beneficial transformations in our lives. Since we can’t fight anger, let’s accept it and use its energy to create a better version of ourselves. So we can look back at our past anger, look for its roots, and consider where it might have led us. In anger, if we can discover our strengths and weaknesses, then anger can increase our consciousness and help us grow.
Accepting anger does not mean being passive and helpless. Anger is one of those emotions that we must master and control. However, as long as we can understand it and use it, we can not only handle our emotions well, but also let our emotions nourish wisdom.
Being able to be angry means that our feelings are strong. Moreover, we also want to express our feelings through actions. Therefore, we can use language as an ingenious tool to express our feelings and opinions in an organized way. In this way, others can not only understand, but also interact with us more easily.
We can try to calm down and get ourselves back to a state where we can think. This is a difficult step, but a very necessary one. To do this, we need to practice more to improve our self-control abilities. If we can get over the hump and take this step, the next time we feel angry, we can channel it into creativity.
17. Eliminate ignorance to avoid conflict
