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Anger

Almost nobody wants to be the person who says the thing they cannot take back. The window between the surge and the words is short and it can be widened. That is most of what this area is about, along with the fear or hurt that anger is usually protecting.

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What you are actually defending Coming and going Clear all

Theme · What you are actually defending

Practising under provocation 2 Choosing your response 1 What you are actually defending 1 Equanimity and perspective 1

When · Coming and going

Any ordinary day 14 Under stress 5 After a row 2 Coming and going 1 Something good 1 In a change 1

Some situations genuinely run on how you are seen. A job interview, a court hearing, a first meeting with in-laws: the image matters there, and it is honest to say so.

The claim is only that most of life is not one of those, and that the fear of disrespect is far larger than its actual cost. Keeping the exceptions…

Five minutesWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 4:135