Be angry BUT

"But don't let it show"- This modern, but faulty unwritten reaction, to the epidemic of anger in the West is, at best, unhelpful -More stuffing the problem under the carpet by the see no evil reactionaries and ever revolving revolutionaries.
FIRST -- it doesn't really get to the heart of what anger is naturally meant to do and
SECONDLY --its simply stupid; it stops short of dealing with the issue in any deep way . Such restrictions place a noose around the first neck that reddens: heightening the danger! Creating a criminal out of the first person to deal with it .Anger management talk is a mess; its a mess and mistaken because its shallow rhetoric fails to address real fears emotions and practice , denial and projection issues. Like so much modern medicine it reels out a whole lot of indigestable heal thyself proverbs that some kindergarten class could have listed - you shouldn't do it smack . ( Reactionaries you say ? - those who invent new and better ways to deal with things, but who often only do so by ditching the old )
THIRDLY its mistargeted . In denying sin ,they call a sin what is clearly not a sin
Explain this:
- God gets angry ( at what ) Jesus got angry ( at temple , at tree)
- You get angry ( admit it and you may then find relief!!!) Don't admit it and.....
-The subject is not tabo at all; eg its not listed in the commandments directly as something we should not do - after all, God shows it ! .
--"Be angry, but sin not" ( sums up the clear teachings of all the books ) In other words it can be Ok to be angry , but the danger it brings is the possibility of sin -hit and hurt rather than just argue ( some people are afraid of anger - who isn'T? I ask ? its scary - risky!
- "Don't let the sun go down on your wrath" (Forgiveness -anger is not a problem to a relationship if its dealt with well This is what long happy married' s say !)
- Focus of anger is important ( is the focus on injustice , is it genuine or projecting from something close to yourself???)who knows till you listen? !
- Sitting on it can help us see whether the anger is rightly based ( slowness to anger reflects the hold back we all need to see whether we are tired , genuine, personal or projecting, or whatever else can drive it )
-This is a big subject and those who feel I am wrong to state some boundaries do, i agree, need compassion and ALSO need to be convinced that understanding it differently helps deal with it better - maybe you know a better site than this , Please drop us a blog .

Remember and read about Jesus.That will calm you down .Read Luke or John: Its not easy being treated badly, or put in a box. But don't bottle up your emotions because the modern mixed up mind set ( all things are of equal value - Thankfully those who TH do not dine on the volumes of equal garbage value that seems to delight " the greeks" amongst us ) tells you what is not a sin, is a sin.
It the New answer works, why do people still cringe for no reason? If the sin is to let anger show and not letting it out is alo a sin we have a state more dangerous than it needs to be - the traditional view matches the modern pyschology view - pity the people haven't twigged they are on the daily drip feed instead of the daily release