caught this article from a forum. thought it's good to share (:
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Anger is a Powerful Emotion
Anger is a very powerful emotion, and we're all better off without it for anger can lead to violence - both physical and emotional, against even the ones we love the most. The consequences of anger are very often, irredeemable and irreversible.
A man was coming out of his house to admire his new truck. To his horror, he saw his three-year-old son hammering dents into the shiny paint. The man ran to the boy, knocked him away, then hammered his son's hands into a pulp as punishment.
When the father finally calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital. Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he eventually had to amputate the fingers from the boy's hands.
When the boy woke up after surgery and saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently asked his father, "Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck". Then he asked, "But when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father went home and killed himself.
Another stupid mistake of course, but he couldn't withstand the violence he had brought upon his son, and the guilt that resulted. A boy who has to live his life without fingers… and a lost life. All because of a truck.
It's ridiculous as an afterthought of course. But many many of us fall prey to anger everyday. The neighbour who rings your doorbell repeatedly... The family member who spills gravy on your thigh... The child who cries in the theatre...
The love, that is once demolished, may not have the strength to come back. No one is perfect. Not your family members, not your friends, not your partner, and most definitely, not YOU. Everyone makes mistakes.But only a meagre few forgive them. An act in a fit of anger takes but a moment… but its ghost will haunt you forever. Don't be too quick to respond. Ponder. Be patient. Understand, and love. No one is beyond redemption. Not even you.