From the mind of critic: “If anger is motivation to act, is acting while we’re angry effective? Does anger overtake all other emotions and thoughts, so we see only what’s wrong, not what led to it, as well as possible solutions? Do solutions only come up after anger dies down, specifically because we’re able to think clearly about causes and solutions, not simply the event itself? Would these clearly thought out ways to fix what’s wrong, have even happened if we weren’t angry initially? We all have our methods of processing events, so we can understand them in a way our brains can pick up on. Anger is a normal emotion like love, sadness and hope. What isn’t normal is letting one emotion run our lives. Granted if we ran our lives purely on love, we would be better off than if we ran it purely on anger, but we’d still miss taking in the whole picture. Viewing, hearing or reading about extra judicial killings, ethnic cleansing, racism and child trafficking certainly gets us angry, it’s a normal reaction to something so horrible. What isn’t normal is living within this anger, and letting ourselves make quick decisions without fully taking into account not only the consequences, but their effectiveness. Will this quick action only serve to quell anger, while not inherently changing the event, or what led to it? Getting past this anger doesn’t mean never getting angry, blocking emotions never worked for anybody. What it does mean is we should feel anger and sadness, but take in information, while thinking about causes and proliferations. We can then act out of careful deliberation, and not overly dramatized emotion; being so surprised that something did or could happen, when we’ve not only seen it before, but have reacted exactly the same. If we claim the world is dark, we shouldn’t be surprised when that darkness shows up. We can’t let darkness release ours, we must allow our light to combat the darkness. Anger and clear thought are like oil and water, always separate. Motivation can get us going, but will only be sustainable if we let it evolve.”
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