"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hate is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Appropriately? Probably not given that the word depicts the ultimate harshness one could feel towards something or someone else. While we may dislike a situation or even a person we may not necessarily be reflecting hate. On the contrary we may just be angry more than anything else. You get angry every now and then, right? Wait, what do you mean often? Why are you looking at me that way? Sorry I didn't mean to offend you. Hold on a second, remain calm...

BAM!

Too late. Anger just showed up in a big way and quickly. Men can go from zero to confrontation in just a matter of seconds. These aren't necessarily results we publish like our time in the quarter mile. In fact the results may not be accomplishments as much as they are failures. A man lights a match and burns the whole place down. The whole marriage comes apart. The handcuffs are applied tightly. His kids avoid his calls. He begins to work on the third revision of his resume. Anger can change the course of a life.  Anger either condemns or it redeems.

We live in a time where men can have a lot of reasons to be angry whether it's the world around us or what lies within us. Is anger always bad or is there a positive aspect? If you've struggle with anger this might sound a little confusing if you've never dug a little deeper to find the source of your anger. Maybe it just runs in the family?

So how angry are you these days and at who? Is it a candidate or a belief system? Maybe just the car in front of you? What about those you say you love? Maybe you're angry at God? Are you justified in any of those?