- How have you experienced anger? What is your view of it?
- What are the 5 principles regarding anger from this week’s reading?
- Given these principles what are the ways God instructs us to handle anger and which are the most difficult for you?
- What ways does anger sometimes protect you?
- In what situations do you find yourself getting angry?
- “I believe if I don’t hold onto my anger at you, I will be agreeing with how you are making me feel, and in this moment, more than anything else, (what I love the most) is my protection from feeling that.” How have you experienced similar anger?
- Thinking about anger as a solution. Can you think of ways you use anger to “cope?”
- “If I believe my anger protects me, then it is illogical and practically impossible for me to let go of my anger since I believe that doing so would result in my being harmed.” What is a “belief” you hold in place that causes you to be angry?
- “If I believe the lie that my anger keeps me safe, I will feel hesitant even at the thought of letting go of my anger because to do so would put me in (perceived) danger.” What does feeling hesitant or resistant at the thought of doing the opposite of what you believe mean to you?
- What do you believe that keeps you from forgiving yourself or others?
Consider the Raven 