i want to move
the anger
and have it become
something real
something i can see
i want to feel it
outside of myself
and so i rage
deep breaths
and swinging arms
nothing is broken
but my own heart
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I met a wonderful woman not too long ago with a fantastic attitude for life. She was... AMAZING! We talked for a moment about the emotions that paralyze us and that keep us from moving forward; emotions that keep us from loving, trusting, caring and growing. They are harsh and stagnant but with a little motion they can move through us and create a new version of ourselves. One of the emotions we talked about was fear which was blogged about yesterday and another was anger. Anger is a strong one and definitely one that gets bottled up inside very quickly. While speaking on behalf of anger, she moved to the corner of the room and pulled out a nice big baseball bat hidden behind the couch. She said that if she ever woke up with anger she would take the bat and hit the pillows she has laying on her couch. She said it helped to put action to the emotion without hurting anyone and it moved the anger out. I love this idea and often have heard of something similar in therapy groups of different kinds. Children do it right? They get angry, throw a fit, and then ten seconds later they're fine. Maybe they know how to handle their emotions better than we think. :-) Don't fill up with the negative emotions... allow them to move. Allow yourself the room to grow from every experience.
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