A brief lesson on anger

Burning House with Clapboards painted by Lois Dodd

Lately, I have been struggling with anger. I know that many of us are struggling with anger because ultimately anger is a stage of grief; and due to the pandemic we have all been experiencing a sense of loss in our daily lives.

I have been re-reading Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions by Thich Nhat Hanh. He shares a parable: A person’s house is on fire and yet the person chases the arsonist instead…