Salwan Binni
A N G E R
What: A furious volcanic eruption is due to take place.
When: Possibly at any given time.
Where: In somebody’s mind.
Why: ANGER
Blood concentrations of catecholamines like adrenalin and similar - iin - stuff are skyrocketing. The once finest symphony the body’s chemicals admirably play during normal wakefulness intervals is no longer in harmony. The heart, being the greatest drummer ever, is maniacally drumming the “Tachycardia Rhythm” or simply hurrying heartbeats. Shallow breathing and sweat reflections on the anger-flushed face make only a small fraction of the underneath turmoil only partially surfacing to the skin. The vocal cords are almost torn. Every bit of the facial muscles (and many other ones) is tensely stretched resulting in the most unpleasant appearance! The brain, our brilliantly talented conductor is only getting mad!
WARNING: The entire system is on ALERT!
But wait a minute: anger is not always as bad as it seems to be.
To be angry is not a decision we make…neither is a goal by itself. It is a logical byproduct of a number of inner emotional disturbances that if kept suppressed inwardly and untreated, the outcome could yet be more destructive than when released. At least in this sense, anger plays the safety valve that protects us from hurting ourselves.
Problem, therefore, is not with anger itself but rather with what we do with it. And like the case with any other tool of dual use: positive results are attainable if we learn to channel our furious feelings towards positive ends. Key word is self-discipline!
The photograph, as you see, is consisted of two parts: One with the flame being blue and neatly congruent and thus depicting anger under control. The other one is with the flame being furiously red and hysterically chaotic depicting anger in its unleashed form!
I do get angry now and then…actually so angry sometimes but there is one thing I’d love to share with you in this regard: I’ve developed a habit that whenever I realize things are almost getting out of control, I intentionally pay MORE attention to self-discipline. Attentively focusing on what I’m about to say (and not what already saying as that would be too late as you know), I enjoy it seeing the other getting snared in their own-set net! Do you believe me if I say that if you give it a try you’ll see that around 95% of the skirmishes will end with you being the winner?! As soon as the sky is clear again you’ll start hearing things like “I’m sorry…I got mad…I should not have said that…I apologize…you were right about such and such but I was so angry”
Can you imagine a situation in which a lord (in old times) is furiously shouting and accordingly taking the blame (even silently in others’ minds) for a mistake done by his servant just because of the lord’s lack of self-discipline? Not so many people around would keep the blame placed on the servant’s negligence! Do you get me? Anger is like fire: a good servant but a bad master!
Following is a bunch of quotes on anger I love to share with you. Hope you like it and the photograph as well.
“A man is about as big as the things that make him angry” by Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
“Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.” By William Shenstone (Scottish Writer, 1714-1763)
“In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves” By Abraham J. Heschel (Jewish theologian and philosopher, 1907-1972)
“Anger is a harmless naughty teenage boy when is rear-seated and belt-fastened but a reckless cowboy once it gets behind the wheel” by Salwan Binni (your Flickr friend...lol)
“When provoked to reflect anger remember that it is better to be a good servant than a bad master” by Salwan Binni…inspired by the English proverb “Fire is a good servant but a bad master”…
“Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.” By Dr. Laurence J. Peter (American "hierarchiologist", Educator and Writer, 1919-1990)
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” By Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”By Epictetus (Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135)
NB: by posting my own quotes I don’t mean to show off…I just love to share with you my thoughts…wish you ALL a WONDRFUL TIME!
A N G E R
What: A furious volcanic eruption is due to take place.
When: Possibly at any given time.
Where: In somebody’s mind.
Why: ANGER
Blood concentrations of catecholamines like adrenalin and similar - iin - stuff are skyrocketing. The once finest symphony the body’s chemicals admirably play during normal wakefulness intervals is no longer in harmony. The heart, being the greatest drummer ever, is maniacally drumming the “Tachycardia Rhythm” or simply hurrying heartbeats. Shallow breathing and sweat reflections on the anger-flushed face make only a small fraction of the underneath turmoil only partially surfacing to the skin. The vocal cords are almost torn. Every bit of the facial muscles (and many other ones) is tensely stretched resulting in the most unpleasant appearance! The brain, our brilliantly talented conductor is only getting mad!
WARNING: The entire system is on ALERT!
But wait a minute: anger is not always as bad as it seems to be.
To be angry is not a decision we make…neither is a goal by itself. It is a logical byproduct of a number of inner emotional disturbances that if kept suppressed inwardly and untreated, the outcome could yet be more destructive than when released. At least in this sense, anger plays the safety valve that protects us from hurting ourselves.
Problem, therefore, is not with anger itself but rather with what we do with it. And like the case with any other tool of dual use: positive results are attainable if we learn to channel our furious feelings towards positive ends. Key word is self-discipline!
The photograph, as you see, is consisted of two parts: One with the flame being blue and neatly congruent and thus depicting anger under control. The other one is with the flame being furiously red and hysterically chaotic depicting anger in its unleashed form!
I do get angry now and then…actually so angry sometimes but there is one thing I’d love to share with you in this regard: I’ve developed a habit that whenever I realize things are almost getting out of control, I intentionally pay MORE attention to self-discipline. Attentively focusing on what I’m about to say (and not what already saying as that would be too late as you know), I enjoy it seeing the other getting snared in their own-set net! Do you believe me if I say that if you give it a try you’ll see that around 95% of the skirmishes will end with you being the winner?! As soon as the sky is clear again you’ll start hearing things like “I’m sorry…I got mad…I should not have said that…I apologize…you were right about such and such but I was so angry”
Can you imagine a situation in which a lord (in old times) is furiously shouting and accordingly taking the blame (even silently in others’ minds) for a mistake done by his servant just because of the lord’s lack of self-discipline? Not so many people around would keep the blame placed on the servant’s negligence! Do you get me? Anger is like fire: a good servant but a bad master!
Following is a bunch of quotes on anger I love to share with you. Hope you like it and the photograph as well.
“A man is about as big as the things that make him angry” by Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
“Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.” By William Shenstone (Scottish Writer, 1714-1763)
“In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves” By Abraham J. Heschel (Jewish theologian and philosopher, 1907-1972)
“Anger is a harmless naughty teenage boy when is rear-seated and belt-fastened but a reckless cowboy once it gets behind the wheel” by Salwan Binni (your Flickr friend...lol)
“When provoked to reflect anger remember that it is better to be a good servant than a bad master” by Salwan Binni…inspired by the English proverb “Fire is a good servant but a bad master”…
“Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.” By Dr. Laurence J. Peter (American "hierarchiologist", Educator and Writer, 1919-1990)
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” By Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”By Epictetus (Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135)
NB: by posting my own quotes I don’t mean to show off…I just love to share with you my thoughts…wish you ALL a WONDRFUL TIME!