| Up until several years ago, I was a champion | | | | my future. I had to ask myself for every little |
| 'angry person', in that just about everything in my | | | | thing (whether anger was involved or not - to |
| life made me angry. If someone was unkind, or | | | | develop the habit) "What kind of future do you |
| thoughtless, or selfish, or anything I didn't like, I | | | | want to create?" |
| got angry. And not just upset, but all-out, smoke | | | | Eventually, the anger habit was broken, and a |
| rolling out of my ears, ANGRY! | | | | new habit took its place. Another thing that really |
| But the principles that I was learning led me to | | | | helped with this was long periods of focusing on |
| realize that every time I got angry, whether I | | | | the opposite of anger, happiness. Every day for |
| expressed it or not, I was directing spiritual power | | | | about 6-8 weeks, I sat down to 2 or 3 sessions |
| to create future experiences that would mimic or | | | | of 30-60 minutes each and did nothing but focus |
| resonate with that anger. I knew that I had a | | | | on love, happiness, harmony, and such. I knew |
| problem to deal with. | | | | that I had to get used to something other than |
| I understand where the philosophy of 'living with | | | | anger, so I trained my mind and emotions to |
| your anger' comes from, as well as the philosophy | | | | express something else. Guess what, it worked. |
| of express it to get rid of it. But at least in my | | | | But what was even better, was that it did a lot |
| case, everything I expressed got easier to | | | | more for me than simply giving me control over |
| express, and it just grew and grew. I had to | | | | my anger. All of that time focusing on love, |
| eliminate it completely. | | | | happiness, and harmony had directed Power to |
| And here's the major thing that helped with that. | | | | create some wonderful experiences in my life. |
| Anger is the feeling that things, situations, and | | | | For the first time ever, everything around me |
| people should be something they are not. Anger is | | | | seemed to go right. Every person I talked to |
| judgment. If you take away the judgment, you | | | | seemed like they enjoyed my company and |
| eliminate the source of the anger. Actually, this is | | | | wanted to help me in the issues I was dealing |
| one lesson learned from the Buddhists. If you can | | | | with at the time. I had created so much 'good |
| eliminate your 'attachment' to the world and | | | | luck' in the process of focusing on happiness and |
| conditions, you can reach 'enlightenment'. | | | | love that I started wondering what was wrong. |
| I don't get angry anymore. Frustrated sometimes, | | | | And guess what that did? Yep, things started to |
| but I remind myself that the world is as it is, and | | | | go wrong again. But I quickly realized what was |
| I won't help anything by getting angry, upset, or | | | | happening and started keeping my focus on what |
| frustrated. | | | | was right, and what I wanted to be right. I know |
| The transformation in me was like the | | | | now, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that my |
| transformation of a lifelong smoker who got | | | | thoughts and feelings control my reality. And that |
| scared out of the habit (yes, anger is a habit) by | | | | any habit, even anger, can be conquered. |
| the reality of the disease (cancer in the case of | | | | Now, every morning after I get out of bed, I |
| the smoker). There's a simple truth; your actions | | | | spend about 20 minutes centering myself and |
| (and thoughts and feelings) today will create your | | | | finding the joy and happiness within. People tell me |
| reality tomorrow. | | | | that I have incredible patience. My response is |
| The transformation wasn't easy, but it did happen. | | | | usually, "What good would it do for me to get |
| I had to constantly remind myself that everything | | | | upset? |
| I thought and felt was directing Power to create | | | | |