| anger- what is it good for?
I am using Flip's words from the morning thought thread, to start this thread.
Flip Jackson
Greetings From Mars
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 479 I would say that being dogmatic, aggresive, and defensive can come from a few different things. Dogmatism could be a result of arrogance. You are so sure you are right, that you refuse to even acknowledge fair arguments agianst you. This could also be why people get defensive. When some dogma of yours is challenged well, and you don't know how to react, you might get defensive. You might get aggressive when your ideas are challenged, but only if you are demeaning as well as arrogant.
I think you have a good life if you don't subdue emotion, but just use it at the right time. Getting angry is probably never a good thing, but if someone never gets angry, then explodes for some reason, we know it had to be a good reason. Or if we know when to be serious, and when to party and goof around. When practice the right emotion at the right time, we seem to be happier. Especially if we recognize that happiness and kindness are emotions that are almost always appropriate.
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