Anger

“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master;
he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”

The Greek philosopher Epictetus understood anger quite well, and it is only amazing that after all this time, so many of us still do not. We people who love freedom so much and who claim to be our own persons, so easily give ourselves up to slavery by allowing the words and actions of others to anger us.

We do not control the words and actions of others, but we absolutely control our reactions to them. When we choose anger, we choose slavery of the worst kind. Negative. Uncontrolled. Destructive.

Free yourself from slavery. Free yourself from anger. Make your choice and stand by it!