Let's continue the theme of anger. Besides hatred (another in-your-face form) there are other common and more subtle forms of negativity: impatience, irritation, nervousness and being "fed up" - background unhappinesses. Eckart Tolle in A New Earth, could be onto something, "Whenever you are in a negative state, there is something in you that wants the negativity, that perceives it as pleasurable, or that believes it will get you what you want."
That begs the personal development action of "noticing." We can choose to be aware of the negativity in us or brewing in us. Awareness is an important part of our personal development. It takes an intentional alertness and a willingness to truly notice what is going on inside of us and around us. It is at those critical moments that we need not see this as failure, but as real victory. We have noticed what limits us and holds us back. This is the first step toward living free.
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