Hello Hello and Happy Friday listeners! It's the Friday Version of our daily Minute Exploration show to share with you all today! Typically these Friday shows are a bit later in the day, are a bit longer, and sometimes when we're lucky we get to hear from you all your perspectives and maybe some explorations and findings you have to hsare as well . So Today's TGIF is on the very much impassioned subject of Anger. Have you ever struggled with feelings of Anger and tried to figure out how to channel it or what it was telling you? Anger is such a powerful emotion and it can also be a motivating emotion if we know what to do with it and how to take care of ourselves when it arrives. So today we're going ot dive right into anger and explore this thought together. I'm Coach Kate and this is another episode of minute explorations where we dive in to thoughts, ideas, quotes, inspirations and more together. If that sounds like a place that you want to be a part of, go ahead and give me a follow so we can explore these explorations together.
Anger is a powerful emotion, but it's also unique in the sense that as powerful as it is, it's also blinding too. When we are angry, often our reason or rationale is blind because we are searching to right a wrong, gain validation, and can lean as far as retribution or revenge in order to regain balance again. It's scary because the intensity of this emotion often can turn us into beings that are so different to who we really are. Today's quote is from the esteemed Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian Activist who was famous for not leaning into the white heat of anger, but implementing passive and peaceful resistance initiatives instead. Here's his quote on the power of channeling anger as energy:
"I have learnt through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world."— Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran
Anger is not just an emotion, typically anger is an injustice. It is the desire to right a wrong, to feel seen, to be validated in our existence, and that is why it is such a powerful emotion. When we sit with anger, and let it tell us a story about why it's there-- if often is telling us that there was an injustice to our very spirit and self. The need to feel seen, acknowledged, and human is one of the most powerful needs there is. In fact, t is essential to life. When we are angry, we are fighting for our right to live as a complete being. When we sit with anger, we know it is upheld by a list of the most vulnerable of emotions out there: shame, disgrace, sadness, despair, hurt, and these emotions are fighting to be seen.
So how can we channel that anger into that positive energy that Ghandi mentions? By first validating our experience. This is the most powerful step to acknowledging your experience, and it starts from within and it comes from the same place that anger is coming from. Telling yourself YES this was wrong, and validating yourself is powerful. You no longer need to seek the validation from others for an injustice if you first acknowledge that injustice from within. You give all your power back to you when you let yourself fully embrace the wrong you feel. When you realize you don't need an outside person to validate your wrong, you open yourself up for progress instead of revenge or hate. You open the door for paving new pathways ahead where more people are seen and heard because you decided that the injustice can be seen from within.
So now I'd like to hear from you all! What are some ways you overcome or channel your anger? What things can you share about your experience as using anger for progress, education, and even gratitude? We are all in this world together, and we all experience anger, maybe there is something you do out there that can help another, so feel free to jump up here and share!
