Write Your Way Home

Anger - Anger as a Teacher

Title: Why did I do that?
Summary: For this course you will learn: you will learn how to relate the fact that you are angry with yourself to yourself and see how it is affecting those around you. They will be wondering if you are angry with them when you are actually angry with yourself. You will learn what to do when you are angry with yourself and why you are angry with yourself. Remember that you are worth loving and that you are not infallible. Being angry with yourself is understandable, but you must also learn to forgive yourself, come to terms with your anger, and let go of your anger. When you have done that , you will be able to move on and set a course to do what you originally wanted to do and learn from your own mistakes. It's okay if this last part takes a little bit of time. However, you must do it.
Course overview:
1. Relating to being angry with yourself
2. What to do when you are angry with yourself.
3. Discovering why you are angry with yourself.
4. Coming to terms with your anger.
5. Forgiving yourself.
6. Setting a correct path.

Reflection: Okay, I'm going to admit that I didn't do this in the order that it is written in the book. I did the course overview before I did the summary. Doing it the other way around doesn't seem natural for a lesson plan. Essentially, that is what this activity was asking me to do, a lesson plan on anger. I admit that I don't get angry at other people, because I know that they are doing their best as humans, but I get angry at myself all the time. I wonder why I did something, or didn't do something, or why I said something, or didn't say something. It is the expectation that I have on myself that I do better than I did yesterday and I be a better person than I saw in the people around me growing up. I know that I can be hard on myself. I'm told that all the time, but I also know what I could be if I wasn't. Who I could be if I wasn't.