Anger
When someone is angry at me, I can’t get it out of my mind. I worry that they have seen something awful about me – something dark is showing that I want to hide. Secretly, I am ashamed. I plug into a place inside of me where I feel bad about myself. I don’t know how to let go. Immediately, it becomes my problem because somewhere inside of me I accept what they say as true, more real than my own interpretation. I defend myself because I think I need defending. I accept their idea that I am in the wrong. Today I will pull myself out of the dark hole one foot at a time until I am in the light. Today I will imagine that all may not be my fault – I will let a window open in my assumption that I am in the wrong.
@ Tian Dayton PhD
From Forgiving and Moving On, The Soul’s Companion, One Foot in Front of the Other, Health Communications
From Forgiving and Moving On, The Soul’s Companion, One Foot in Front of the Other, Health Communications