385. Never let Anger Arise in your Heart, from Meridian Magazine. Very good!
I'm working on this -- but I still have moments when I allow a situation to really frustrate me, which could be construed as anger. I need to repent! “Never Let Anger Arise In Your Heart” By JeaNette Goates Smith · March 30, 2015 from Meridian Magazine After reading my last column about the dangers of anger , a reader astutely referred to a quote by Brigham Young, “Now I charge you again, and I charge myself not to get angry. Never let anger arise in your hearts. No, Brigham, never let anger arise in your heart, never, never!” The quote can be found in the Discourses of Brigham Young 14:156. The claim that anger can be entirely avoided, never to enter into our hearts in the first place, may seem audacious. Nevertheless, it is entirely possible, if we incorporate some new thinking. Identify Underlying Emotions Anger is what psychologists refer to as a “secondary” emotion. It is not necessarily the first emotion that we experience, but it is the one