What a treat it was to listen to your docile voice come through my computer's speakers. You are not angry. You are not mad. When I listened to you speak those words, I could feel that. Thank you for shining light on your shadow and for sharing that experience with us. And your vocab dude ~ next level. The creativity your spirit contains inspires me. You are shining!
...thank you brother...felt those humble parrot vibes hanging with me there in the end...rocking those waves, volleyball on the beach, cracking coconuts..you rule man...
This is very timely for me! I have been reminded of my own capacity for anger this week...still learning how to wield it rightly. Unfortunately it's not something we're often taught to do! Love these abstracts.
...thank you Jeremy...this was an intense experience and write but much better to have gone there than to have let this simmer and sit still...your comment inspires me...so much left to learn emotionally...my friend yesterday was talking about the concept of leading our emotions instead of following them...cool concept...
This was powerful CansaFis - and very topical with that I’ve been thinking about recently.
Your thoughts reminded me of a book I was reading recently - where a character who was explaining how they love their hate, how it kept them alive through a traumatic time in their life.
It makes me think of how all these explosive or dangerous emotions all have their purpose, all really there to protect us in the end.
...no doubt brother they are there to protect us...so important though to see them for their power and then to wield them with care/precision...we need to know when to put down the sword and pickup the paintbrush...for me this can sometimes be so much harder to do though...especially if we are clinging to a protective portal no longer in service...pay mind to your mind and get paid in return...thanks for digging it man...
...new life goal..to quote myself quoting others quoting myself...in the meantime I will quote you instead "We can quote ourselves!!!" - Harrison Moore...
Heard somewhere that most displays of anger, in men, is a way of covering incompetence. I think I agree. I’ve definitely dealt with a lot of anger in my life. And a short temper I’ve worked very hard to overcome. Although I’m much more patient and less quick to snap now, I still see the value in being angry.
Having the demon within you, being able to tap into anger, can be immensely powerful in protecting yourself, protecting those you love, and, one time in an apartment building in Verona, protect two ladies (mother and daughter I think) from an Italian man in a wife beater (father, I think). True story, I broke up an Italian domestic dispute in an apartment stairway. They didn’t understand what the hell I was saying. But they heard the anger in my voice. And I was able to give the ladies a chance to flee.
Thanks for writing and for making me a better thinker, and person. Love these posts.
...right back at you with earnestness (and ernest p. worrellness)...anger can be valuable for sure, as protection, as understanding, as a reality you may have no other choice but to hold...it blew my mind having this experience...i had no $%#^ing clue...i guess every day, week, month, life is a chance to see what is within us as much as what is outside...so appreciative of you and your drive to make yourself and the world better dude...rock and roll...
What a treat it was to listen to your docile voice come through my computer's speakers. You are not angry. You are not mad. When I listened to you speak those words, I could feel that. Thank you for shining light on your shadow and for sharing that experience with us. And your vocab dude ~ next level. The creativity your spirit contains inspires me. You are shining!
...thank you brother...felt those humble parrot vibes hanging with me there in the end...rocking those waves, volleyball on the beach, cracking coconuts..you rule man...
This made me cry. ❤️
This is very timely for me! I have been reminded of my own capacity for anger this week...still learning how to wield it rightly. Unfortunately it's not something we're often taught to do! Love these abstracts.
...thank you Jeremy...this was an intense experience and write but much better to have gone there than to have let this simmer and sit still...your comment inspires me...so much left to learn emotionally...my friend yesterday was talking about the concept of leading our emotions instead of following them...cool concept...
This was powerful CansaFis - and very topical with that I’ve been thinking about recently.
Your thoughts reminded me of a book I was reading recently - where a character who was explaining how they love their hate, how it kept them alive through a traumatic time in their life.
It makes me think of how all these explosive or dangerous emotions all have their purpose, all really there to protect us in the end.
Love it
...no doubt brother they are there to protect us...so important though to see them for their power and then to wield them with care/precision...we need to know when to put down the sword and pickup the paintbrush...for me this can sometimes be so much harder to do though...especially if we are clinging to a protective portal no longer in service...pay mind to your mind and get paid in return...thanks for digging it man...
Wait. We can quote ourselves!!!? [new portal opens in Harrison’s head]
...new life goal..to quote myself quoting others quoting myself...in the meantime I will quote you instead "We can quote ourselves!!!" - Harrison Moore...
Heard somewhere that most displays of anger, in men, is a way of covering incompetence. I think I agree. I’ve definitely dealt with a lot of anger in my life. And a short temper I’ve worked very hard to overcome. Although I’m much more patient and less quick to snap now, I still see the value in being angry.
Having the demon within you, being able to tap into anger, can be immensely powerful in protecting yourself, protecting those you love, and, one time in an apartment building in Verona, protect two ladies (mother and daughter I think) from an Italian man in a wife beater (father, I think). True story, I broke up an Italian domestic dispute in an apartment stairway. They didn’t understand what the hell I was saying. But they heard the anger in my voice. And I was able to give the ladies a chance to flee.
Thanks for writing and for making me a better thinker, and person. Love these posts.
...right back at you with earnestness (and ernest p. worrellness)...anger can be valuable for sure, as protection, as understanding, as a reality you may have no other choice but to hold...it blew my mind having this experience...i had no $%#^ing clue...i guess every day, week, month, life is a chance to see what is within us as much as what is outside...so appreciative of you and your drive to make yourself and the world better dude...rock and roll...
Poetic
Best answer I have ever heard to the koan, "What is the sound of one's man's anger clapping?"
...like a dolphin riding a burning sunset...