The Waste That Is Anger

For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness. – Emerson

This reminds me of something I like to remind myself of something (I believe) the Buddha said: “Anger is like swallowing poison expecting your enemy to die.”

I like to view anger in such a (useful) way.

Do you agree?

After reading the above, are you holding on to (and even nurturing and growing) feelings of anger?

If so, how it’s going?

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