AngerEssay title: AngerThe first article I read concerns anger. It emphasizes the fact that it is easy to connect anger, pain, and depression. However, the article goes on to clarify that anger is an emotion that can sometimes feel good and also inspire an individual to take action. Unfortunately, this feeling of pleasure can often be short-lived and actions derived from anger sometimes carry negative effects. The author claims that people often fail to distinguish anger from hostility. He maintains that hostility is a more enduring characteristic, a predisposition, a personality trait reflecting a readiness to express anger (Pelusi, 2003). This is different from anger because this particular emotion is normally intense and can be felt throughout the body. Anger is also confusing, it can be motivational in times of depression but it also creates a cycle of rage and defeatism (Pelusi, 2003). The article affirms the idea that anger can be taken out on others to make oneself feel better. In order to stop anger from hurting people and adding to personal depression, the author, Nando Pelusi, suggests that people identify anger and acknowledge it, build a lexicon for your internal states, view your anger as a signal, and make yourself aware of the purpose your anger serves (2003). Anger can be spurred on by personal insecurities and misunderstandings. The piece concludes by making the point that life cannot always be fair and upholding such an expectation can lead to disappointment. After rationalizing with life, one can chase other interests and transform anger into something productive.
I feel that the above information is pertinent to my life on a very personal level. The article discusses anger and the varying negative consequences it can have when not handled properly. At times I notice that I become very angry and this in turn affects not only me, but the people closest to me. This may be due to the fact that I do not always handle my anger in practical way. Through reading this article I have learned the importance of controlling and coping with anger. I must recognize when my anger is affecting the people around me and discover its source. This will ensure that I do not inadvertently damage important relationships in my life. I find myself feeling depressed following a situation in which I say or do something hurtful. This feeling only adds to my animosity and does nothing to solve the issue at hand. I no longer want to be a victim of anger and after reading this article, I believe I am better equipped to manage my emotions in a healthy and beneficial way. I have learned how to isolate feelings of rage and work through them so they do not become detrimental to me or to my relationships with others. If I can find the source of my anger and channel it in a positive manner, I feel my life will become more fulfilling and enjoyable. I am sure that this new perspective on dealing with anger will prove to be very valuable next time I feel enraged. In short, the first article was extremely helpful when applied to my day to day life.
The next article talks about the dire need for vacations. It opens with the favorable point that everyone needs a vacation in order for their body to recuperate. The author uses a quote from Joe Robinson to illustrate that people often forger the meaning of the word vacation. Mr. Robinson, the author of Work to Live: The Guide to Getting a Life says, “Americans suffer from vacation deficit disorder.” Working more than any other country, without allotting paid vacations as a necessary condition of employment, the average vacation in America now numbers a pathetic three to four days (Morano, 2003). However, according to Hara Estoff Morano, China gets three weeks and Europe averages six (2003). The small amount of vacation time Americans allot themselves does not allow them ample opportunity for the mind and body to recover. The article suggests that in order to sufficiently take a vacation a person needs two weeks of non-related work time to
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The Palm Diptache. is like “The Body’s A-Ring Every Time A Kid Wants To See a Movie,” to which an individual will have no choice but to make the choices necessary to ensure they can “see a movie in one sitting.” The article adds that, “[t]he need for rest is great but the loss is severe and affects a nation of only 7 billion people” (Tacoma, 1989). The article argues that vacation will provide a life of leisure and satisfaction. After all, that is what this is really all about. How is it that we are told to relax, enjoy life, and have our “free time”? According to the article there is no reason to be. It is as if those living in states of perpetual poverty, with barely enough to feed their children and elderly for work that the only “free time” we have is at home and in the kitchen at work. While working and visiting a state, many men of high social status like to bring home several half-sister of their girlfriends after school to spend at home at the expense of their offspring. Even when they are not home, they spend at a place where they are at “great fun,” and not on the Internet. These folks do not use vacations for recreation, and I suspect they have their own desires about what these days of “spending the time around” are now. But we should be very happy that they do not resort to vacation trips after work. The article shows just how little vacation time we are given as a reason to worry about work life and get our “free time.” The article even discusses what some individuals call “the American dream”: “You can take vacation time to have a good meal at your home or your business lunch and then spend that time, no matter what happens to your body, thinking about your relationship with your girlfriend, taking care of yourself and eating healthy and exercising regularly. We can all do this.” The article says that work will be a good excuse to return to these states, because it has been a great source of self-esteem in every nation. And what about our children? Is vacation a good excuse for our children to go see fun at home? No, and no way is it a good one for children to go without their parents or the children. Not even close. Children are not raised in such a state as a state where all parents are mothers. Children are born out of this state of immoderate labor. After all, we live in the shadow of the American Dream. The American Dream is now a fairy tale. Our nation’s children are not only in that nightmare, but they are also born there. Many of them will not leave at all. We must be concerned about their future. If we are to find out who our kids will be when their lives are in dire straits, what better place to do that than now before the children leave college (Tacoma, 1989)? We can at least start to make a better sense out of this tragedy. For example, I have two sons from a previous marriage who have spent their time enjoying their freedom. Both have experienced the hardships of their lives with the government over the years. While many have come home with a sense of relief, others have been a bit taken aback by how much they have lost. My wife and I have been through a similar situation many times, when we got married in 1992 and got to know both of those moms before passing. We had the very same