For most of us, a bout of anger can happen often - with or without visible reason - depending on what our mind/subconscious is saying to us. To the recipient of the harsh words, it may feel uncalled for. But irrespective of the cause, the impact is sobering of mood, dulling of enthusiasm, and a feeling of distaste (even if temporary). But what/where does anger stem from? The more you mull over this question, the more answers you'll find. The most common reasons are ofcourse dissatisfaction, discontent, a feeling of disparity (notice how all the common causes start with dis-). But I'd like to dwell on two causes I've noticed, which are often not highlighted, maybe because we choose not to dwell so deep. The first being guilt and the second being a sense of entitlement. Anger stemming from guilt is easy to identify, especially in the corporate world. Lots of folks use the technique of offense is the best defense when it is actually their work that is lacking. Aggression se...
All of insecurity is nothing more than a half-baked doubt.
ReplyDeleteDoubt thrives on/in silence. All that needs to be done is breaking it.
@your comment on 'stolen' -
That is the paradoxical beauty of time, that for every beautiful, brand new moment that dissolves into your presence, there are many more beautiful ones being stolen in your absence.
Maybe it is our passivity, or a testament to its undeniably seductive beauty, that we silently endure this furtive theft of memory, this one dimensionality of time.
Sometimes saying things too loudly is as bad as staying mum on an issue...
ReplyDeleteI guess the debate of doubt & insecurity is like the chicken & the egg problem...
'Sometimes'. That's the key. The challenge lies in identifying the 'times' that constitute those 'sometimes'.
ReplyDelete@ dheeraj: very true, but in case of being unable to identify the situation.. I'd rather give it the benifit of doubt ;)
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