Channeling Anger

“We live in a world where people get angry about things that do not matter. While at the same time, people don’t get angry about things that do matter… The truth is, some people are looking for a fight because they aren’t in one. The people I know who are most engaged with the suffering of the world, the people I know who have given themselves to big, beautiful, healing kind of causes – they’re generally free from that irrational, petty kind of anger. They don’t fall into the trap of that low-grade rage that actually increases the brokenness of the world… We were made to give ourselves to a cause bigger than ourselves – a cause that increases the peace in the world. A cause, a purpose, a task, that makes the world a better place. So may you become aware of your anger. May you learn to channel it, focus it, direct it, into something beautiful. And may it fuel sacred acts of healing and restoration.”

–Rob Bell, Nooma: Store