(32, MD, USA) XL - Anger Is A Choice

Here is a little secret that is well known but at the same time not known, or rather, not remembered. Every emotion we feel is a choice. We choose to be happy when we are happy. We choose to be sad when we are sad. Yes, we may not feel like it but when stop and look at it from an outside view, it is a choice we make. This includes anger as well. Though all these emotions happen fast, almost like breathing without us consciously choosing to feel them most of the time, it is still all a choice in the end and anger is no different. The reason for this rant or short column if you will, is to remind us of that and that with it being a choice we also have a choice not to be that emotion. It's easier said than done, this is very true, but it is still true. When we are sad and choose not to be anymore, it is very common for us to do things that make us happy or feel better, thus we are choosing to feel better and in the end, nine times out of ten, end up feeling better. Anger can be done the same way. When we feel anger ignite like a wildfire, we can either let it burn or try and dose that fire as quickly as we can with any way we choose to. We as human being are very fortunate with minds that allow us a lot of control over almost everything we do. Though we can’t control the need to eat, sleep and breathe, we can control when all of these things happen. So why wouldn't are emotions be any different? Next time you are feeling an emotion you wish you didn't, remember that it is a choice you made to feel that. Nothing is wrong with choosing that emotion at that time based on life circumstances, but in the end keep these words in mind, you can control that emotion and if you don't wanna feel it any more, choose to do just that and work towards achieving the choice you made to reach the goal of that choice.