{"id":4453,"date":"2013-01-07T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T18:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2015-05-05T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T22:03:47","slug":"angry-be-slow-on-the-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2013\/01\/07\/angry-be-slow-on-the-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry? Be Slow on the Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
\n<\/strong>for anger resides in the lap of fools.<\/strong>*<\/span><\/p>\n

You feel anger coming on? Quick, stand up, walk around . . .
\nthe lap disappears, and maybe the lap of a fool.<\/p>\n

I don’t know when I’ve let my anger fly that I’ve not felt pretty apish after.<\/p>\n

Funny, it’s feels so justified at the time. Almost intoxicating. But like with too much wine, it just looks like a lack of control.<\/p>\n

Actually though, habitual anger\u00a0is a form of control . . . of others. Conscious or not, its\u00a0threat is used to keep others in line. That’s not to say it doesn’t work.<\/p>\n

It wrecks.<\/p>\n

Havoc.<\/p>\n

Not that there’s never a time for it. It is a valid emotion. I like what the Word allows, Be angry and sin not.<\/strong>** That provides some leeway, and gives a better result.<\/p>\n

“The greatest remedy for anger,” said Seneca, “is delay.”<\/p>\n

Anger churns in the stomach by day
\nand at night keeps sleep at bay.<\/p>\n

(I said that.)<\/p>\n

For all this, though, there is an instance when anger is useful . . . and its strength channeled for good. That’s when I say to myself: “I’m fed up with this way of living (what I’m doing, how I’m thinking) and I’m not going to live this way any more!”\u00a0Such emotional resolve can change the whole life for the better.<\/p>\n

But, caution: That’s only when directed toward the self, not toward another.<\/p>\n

Here’s the key\u2013
\nKeep holstered the anger pistol;
\npractice how slow you can draw.<\/p>\n

Even then, be warned:
\nYou could put a hole in your craw.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

_________________<\/p>\n

* \u00a0Ecclesiastes 7:9
\n**Ephesians 4:26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s one to live by, at home, on the job, or behind the wheel . . . of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4453"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10730,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453\/revisions\/10730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}