One Apple A Day #676 - don’t let anger poison your soul
I read somewhere that being angry with someone is like drinking poison, hoping to hurt them. It won’t affect the people you hate, but it will surely and slowly kill you.
It happens many times in my life. I allowed negative emotions and thoughts to grow within me until they became toxic and poisoned my soul. The irony is that while I was getting sick from my own doing, nothing was changing with the situations or the people that sparked my anger.
A few weeks ago, it happened again. On a Saturday, someone did something that really hurt me. Knowing that there wasn’t much I could do to change the situation, I tried to convince myself that I could let go and enjoy my weekend as planned. On Sunday morning, my partner and I went visiting some friends. We went exploring a lovely Christmas market to find some inspiration for gifts.
All the time, my mind and my heart were somewhere else. Pain became a disappointment. Disappointment became anger. I was poisoning my own soul.
On the way back home in the afternoon, I realised that I was wasting my energy and my time. For nothing.
When I got home, I immediately went talking with the people who hurt me. From a practical point of view, that conversation was pointless, and it didn’t solve anything. The wound and the pain are still there. But it helped me pushing the toxic thoughts out of my system, replacing anger with compassion.