Today's Reading - For Today

"Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values." Jose Ortega y Gasset Hatred is the result of not accepting the world and its people - myself included - as they are. It makes little difference whether I fall into a blind rage or repress my anger; either course plunges me into a kind of madness, an unreasoning state in which everything I value is snuffed out. The twelve-step program is a great help in dealing with anger. It feels good to get angry without hating anyone. I can separate a person's behavior from the person. The process starts with getting to feel better and better about myself. For today: I do not have to give another person's actions the power to knock me off balance.