Okay, that's just not good enough. Anger is a very real, valid emotion and while I admire your "strength", it sounds like you've never really been through tragedy. So let me ask you how you felt about being raped, or molested as a child? Had to watch the plane your loved ones were on repeatedly ram into the world trade center lately? Or how about being lied to and cheated on by someone you loved very deeply and then laughed at when it was all over? Ever lost a close friend to cancer or any other disease? Ever watched a sister endure the fallout of an abusive marriage for the sake of her child, or love? Or how about having to watch your unhealthy parents have to hear, one doctor after another, that they're in perfect health, only when you know that they're on the verge of a heart attack, stroke and alzheimers? Foreclosure? Bankruptcy? Ever lost a job contract, or a career you invested 10-20 years of your life into? Or how about when your "friends" left you all alone to sort it all out? I'm sorry, but your approach just doesn't cut it with real life problems.

I'm not trying to burst your rose-colored bubble, but there are many hurting people in the world who'd find your perspective offensive.


The reality is that healing is messy and without the cross of Jesus, none of us would ever be able to overcome. He was perfect, blameless, completely self-sacrificing, healed the sick, fed the hungry, clothed the poor and even though people brutally and unjustly crucified him, he still found the strength to forgive. Just think - after all of that He also saved an unworthy world from eternal separation from God. When was the last time you did that?


I admire your endeavor to conquer this problem, but I disagree with your solution. It requires people who have nothing left to give to reach inside themselves for some inner power. It's just not humanly possible.


In truth, the proper response to deal with anger is to try to forgive the offender. That is the only way.