It's okay to get angry.
It's okay to stand up for yourself.
It's okay to pause, take a deep breath, and express yourself clearly.
It's okay to take the time to say exactly what you mean.
It's okay to let someone know you didn't like something they said or did.
And it's perfectly okay to speak for those who cannot be heard. To stick up for the downtrodden, the overlooked and the oppressed....
But....
It's not okay to use your anger to demean somebody else.
It's not okay to take it out on your spouse, your child or your co-worker.
For the most part, it's not okay to scream or yell or be abusive.
And it's certainly not okay to rage out of control.
You have a responsibility to express your anger in the most constructive way possible.
In a way that makes your point, but spares others' feelings.
In a way that honors who you are and what you stand and fight for.
And, finally, in a way that builds instead of destroys.
You are working for IMPROVEMENT in life - you are not trying to tear anyone or anything down.
Use your anger productively.
Be the master of it and don't allow it to master you.
