Dealing with anger And resentment.

Have you ever been angry? Of course, you have. The emotion of anger is something common to us all. Whether it’s a momentary flare-up as someone cuts you off in traffic, a righteous anger when you see something that ought not to be, or a bitter anger that seeps into your life and takes control, all of us have felt it at some point. So if all of us experience anger, then it must not be that big of a deal, right? But what if it is a big deal? What if our anger can lead us to a place where our lives have no peace and no joy?

This is our course: We realized that the people 

who wrong us were perhaps spiritually sick.

Though we did not like their symptoms and the way 

these disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were sick too. 

We asked God to help us show them the same toler-

ance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully 

grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said 

to ourselves, “This is a sick man. How can I be helpful 

to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be 

done.’’ 

We avoid retaliation or argument. We wouldn’t 

treat sick people that way. If we do, we destroy our 

chance of being helpful. We cannot be helpful to all 

people, but at least God will show us how to take a 

kindly and tolerant view of each and every one.