Anger management
I've had some anger issues lately, towards some of my coworkers. I don't know why, but things that had been bothering me piled up, and yesterday morning it all came rushing out. I didn't say a lot, but my face showed it. I managed to keep it under control, not to say anything that I would end up regretting afterwards.
Problems are all part of life. We each get our share of them. We can't always choose the people we end up working with, or even what to work. But I learned that we can choose the way we react. I think I wrote about this a while ago... maybe even less than a month ago. I'm sorry that I bore you with the same ideas in other words.
I received a challenge from the missionaries: to read the entire Book Of Mormon in three months, and to mark in it 4 different things in 4 different colors:
1. Christ's names
2. Christ's attributes
3. Christ's words (exact quotes)
4. Gospel doctrines and principles.
The Elders gave me a new Book in Romanian (weird, I know...) and I started studying it the moment I got back home. I have to admit that it was hard at first, I didn't really feel like studying. But I was curious to see if I'd end up marking some things. And surprisingly, I was finding a lot of interesting things as I was looking for any of the 4 ideas. It's funny that I ended up finding a lot of principles that couldn't be fitted in any of those 4 categories, so I had to pick a fifth color. Te even more interesting part was the peace that I felt, the peace I needed. I've always known that prayer and scripture study would bring peace, but I still have times when I don't do those things. Those are the times when I am angry and frustrated, when I turn selfish and hurt those around me by thinking of ME , and not for one second about THEM.
My advice is this: next time you feel angry or frustrated, in stead of letting it show, just say a short prayer in your heart, quote a verse or two in your head, and SMILE. You will feel like smiling, so the third step is the easiest. The first two are harder, but it will become easier as you practice.
Let me know if that helps, or if you have any other ideas for dealing with all those negative feelings.
Anger...what is that again?
Problems are all part of life. We each get our share of them. We can't always choose the people we end up working with, or even what to work. But I learned that we can choose the way we react. I think I wrote about this a while ago... maybe even less than a month ago. I'm sorry that I bore you with the same ideas in other words.
I received a challenge from the missionaries: to read the entire Book Of Mormon in three months, and to mark in it 4 different things in 4 different colors:
1. Christ's names
2. Christ's attributes
3. Christ's words (exact quotes)
4. Gospel doctrines and principles.
The Elders gave me a new Book in Romanian (weird, I know...) and I started studying it the moment I got back home. I have to admit that it was hard at first, I didn't really feel like studying. But I was curious to see if I'd end up marking some things. And surprisingly, I was finding a lot of interesting things as I was looking for any of the 4 ideas. It's funny that I ended up finding a lot of principles that couldn't be fitted in any of those 4 categories, so I had to pick a fifth color. Te even more interesting part was the peace that I felt, the peace I needed. I've always known that prayer and scripture study would bring peace, but I still have times when I don't do those things. Those are the times when I am angry and frustrated, when I turn selfish and hurt those around me by thinking of ME , and not for one second about THEM.
My advice is this: next time you feel angry or frustrated, in stead of letting it show, just say a short prayer in your heart, quote a verse or two in your head, and SMILE. You will feel like smiling, so the third step is the easiest. The first two are harder, but it will become easier as you practice.
Let me know if that helps, or if you have any other ideas for dealing with all those negative feelings.
Anger...what is that again?
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