There’s clearly power in anger. Our bodies are designed to feel it and express it. It is a survival mechanism, a visceral expression of life force. Although few people may admit it, it can make us feel powerful to assert personal authority through anger. It aligns our mind, with our life energy, as it moves through our body.

However, problems arise when we don’t express ourselves, and when we let anger bubble up inside of us, fermenting and rising without release. Unexpressed anger often becomes projected onto an external source such as a group, a person, or an ideology, which leads to the continued perception of problems and bruised feelings. The whole issue that sparked our initial anger can build and fester.

Anger is a natural potent emotion that’s part of who we are, but when we fossilize it into beliefs and thoughts by keeping it hidden beneath the surface, we abandon our power and effectively perpetuate the act of abdicating our freedom.