Sometimes anger is good
Sunday, 2011-October-30
There you have all these philosophical approaches talking about how we need to control our emotions – at least the negative ones. So the stoics talk about apatheia. Now, for some reason I thought that this would be a pretty boring life anyway. Or as I read in an article on Buddhist monks where they made tests showing that those monks really didn`t get startled when when hit unexpectedly: “Isn`t there something good in getting startled too?”
So I always thought giving into strong “good” emotions is a good thing as it intensifies life. But to be honest, I think there are times when letting negative emotions show is a good thing too – to make the others aware that they are pushing it.
So maybe we shouldn`t always hide them but give them direction and purpose in order to continue with our lives in peace …
