Anger All Around Us

I find myself being angry way too much at this point in my life. I see it in others too. We have all endured a difficult stretch…and it is showing in our attitudes. Look at social media. There’s plenty of pent up anger spewing at any particular moment there.  

So I did a little self-analysis I thought I’d share with you and maybe you can benefit in some small way.

My research leads me to the conclusion that I am sleep deprived. I don’t get enough of it. I get up every morning at 5:00 a.m. and I go hard for 18 hours. My head hits the pillow at around 11 every night…and that is only because my wife demands I crank it down. I need more sleep.

Second, and probably most importantly, I need routine exercise. One feeds off the other. If I don’t exercise, I don’t get physically tired….I don’t sleep. I just get fat.

Then you mix in things like: not being allowed to sing at church…not being able to shake the hand of….or embrace a dear friend…or hearing plans to detonate explosives to wipe the faces off Mount Rushmore…and you get damn mad.

You and I have to stand our ground. Find strategies to deal with our anger and endure these difficult times.

I can see the difference in my attitude since I got to see my kids and grandkids a few weeks ago. That counters the helplessness of my mother’s situation. She is in assisted living and can’t see us. I hear the pain in her voice.

There are things you can do to help deal with your anger. I’m working on mine.