" You make me very, very angry." Marvin the Martian was always one of my favorite cartoon characters. Lately, I can really identify with that statement. Stress from work, stress from the wife, stress from bills, stress from COVID, stress from, well....life in general. I don't handle stress well. So what do I do ? Well, the most logical thing to do. I get angry. Anger ? Yeah, I do anger VERY well.
So instead of looking stress right in the eye, I have turned it into anger towards the one person that I know is in my corner, my wife. She catches most of my lashing out. We are going through a phase in our lives and my anger issues are definitely not helping. But what can I do about it? Talking to my Silas and listening to podcasts are just not doing enough for me. I need something more... I asked some friends for advice and someone suggested The Anger Workbook by Les Carter and Frank Minirth. It looks like about 13 chapters. So, here's my idea: I am thinking about doing a chapter a week and meeting once a week to talk about it. The plan is to have it at my house on Thursday nights about 6:30 PM, yet his is not set in stone. I'm flexible. This is the first time I have done anything like this, but I believe this is what God is telling me to do. Samson has taught me I cannot do this alone; I need men to hold me accountable, to know when to comfort and when to confront. Let me know if you are interested in going through this workbook and maybe we both can learn something...
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