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RE: Angry (at) breakfast

Sorry about the occurrence Sir.

Anger is normal as a human and at one point or the other, we get angry at things happening around us. Like psychologists will always say, depression is anger turned inwards. So it's good to express our anger and let it go. But most importantly is our control over the anger.

I have had a personal experience of using anger to achieve a positive result which I shared in my post yesterday on anger.

It was some years ago during my Post UTME registration (entrance exam into the university). I got to the bank to pay for the form at about 3:45pm, the security man told me that they are done for the day. Whereas the normal closing hour is 4pm. I tried to tell him that it's not the closing hour yet but he wouldn't listen to me. And that was the last day for the registration. I got so angry and frustrated at the same time. I couldn’t imagine waiting for another one year before getting into the university. I stood there calculating on what to do. Immediately he opened the exit door for another customer to come outside, I quickly grabbed the door and insisted that I must go inside. We started dragging the door. That created a scene and people gathered to know what's happening. After we explained ourselves, they finally judged the case to my favour since I got there before 4pm. They told the security man to let me in which he did. I then successfully paid for my exam and headed to the cyber cafe to print my exam slip. That was the exam that gave me admission into the university.

So my anger here brought a positive result, if not, I would have waited for another one year. However, I had control over the anger. When people gathered, I was still able to articulate my points and made a valid argument that won the case.

So, anger is not bad. But the control of it is the most important.

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I agree that anger needs to be controlled, I used the word harnessed in my post here. It has a place, it's a human trait and can have value in the right situations as you suggest above.

Thanks for your interesting and valid response.

Exactly 💯. That's very correct Sir. Thanks alot for sharing.