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It’s Just Not Me

Anger is not the problem; it’s the warning light. Anger is like the red warning light that comes on the dashboard of your car. Our error is that we tend to view the problem as the light rather than what it’s indicating. Even if we take the dashboard apart and replace the bulb, the problem is still there. It’s still red! Why? There’s something wrong with the car, not with the light.

This secondary emotion tells you something is wrong under the emotional hood, under the spiritual hood, or under the relational hood of your life. Most of us spend too much time trying to figure out how we can get rid of our anger when we should be asking ourselves, “What’s going on inside that’s making me angry?” To resolve your anger, you’ll need to identify the root reason for it

Anger is the light on the dashboard that signals that something is wrong under the hood. It’s the way we protect ourselves from hurt, frustration, and insecurity. It has positive potential, but if it goes unchecked, it also has negative ramifications. Source

I’ve never been one to get angry.  One of my friends’ girlfriend once said, “the twins don’t get mad.”  And that couldn’t be any more true.

But lately I’ve found myself angry at times, and I don’t like it.  It’s what keeps me up some nights, if something crosses my mind out of no where.  The way some things have played out or the way some things never played out, or even the way some things can never play out.  Things I can’t get people to do.  Things I can’t get people to understand.  Things that are beyond my control.

I think I’ve just been replacing the bulb, or doing what my Dad does in his truck, and just ignore the light altogether.  I don’t know if I’m just hurt, let down, or what it is.  But I’ve got to figure it out and let it go, because I’m not an angry person and I don’t want to be.  I’m the guy that smiles whether I feel like it or not, whether I’m “okay” or not.  I’m not an angry person.