Everyone would have heard the famous phrase "Anger is one short of Danger" . It is an age-old adage, but it is time tested and still holds true. Things said or done during anger have created havoc with a lot of people and things. The tightly packed bag of mental frustration erupts into a volcano of anger.
But basically let' s try to analyze why one gets angry? When one is not satisfied with the way things have gone, when someone has been taken in for a ride, when one blames life for treating him very badly, and many such trivial things are the various reasons. All the frustrations get collected on one part of our mind and when we can bear it no longer, our feelings are vented in the form of a volcano of emotional tantrums. Anger is one of the major hindrances in self-development, because it narrows our outlook. The mind looses its sense of logic and fairness, when it is accelerated by the arrogant mood of anger.
The best way to counterattack anger is to imbibe patience in ourselves. A person with infinite patience has matured mentally, and is the bravest war-horse over the path of anger. He controlled himself every time and got away from trying circumstances using the best lifeline available. Such people are always in peace with themselves and are always enjoying life.
Anger is never good and it increases anxiety levels of the individual. When one is angry, the heart pumps a lot more blood than the normal capacity and hence it leads to high blood pressure. This may also cause a heart attack. So always be like the hard working duck, which is calm and composed by its expressions, but paddling like hell at the bottom (to keep itself moving). For human beings this means that, we have to keep moving in life by hard work. Never let disappointment and frustrations rule you. You make your own future and destiny, by following the right attitude.
After all, it' s all in a state of mind. Everyone has two options. One is anger and the other is maintaining your composure through patience. I chose the latter one. What have you chosen?
几乎每个人都听过这句有名的谚语：愤怒距危险仅一步之遥。这是一句古老的格言，它经受住了时间的考验，是正确的论断。愤怒时的言行会对许多人和事造成伤害。那种压抑在心头的怒火迟早会如火山般喷发而出。
让我们从基本的角度尝试着予以分析，为什么人会发怒呢？也许是对事情的进展或境况不满意，也许是不愿被带去骑马，或是埋怨生活对他的残忍，等等。这些繁杂的琐事就是引发愤怒的原因。当气馁与失败累积到一定程度，忍无可忍时，我们的感情就会如同火山一样喷发出来。愤怒是自我发展的一大障碍，它会使我们的视野狭隘。当心灵充斥着愤怒和傲慢的情绪时，便没有逻辑性和公正性可言。
愤怒可以达到某种目的，但并不适合所有情况。其原因是，随着年龄的增长，你有责任去调整自己的情绪，抑制挫败感。没有人有那种远见和能力，能判断出扰乱你心绪的因素，或是你被困境烦忧的原因所在。经常发怒的人难成大事，而懂得这个道理的人则容易获得成功。
愤怒百害而无一益，且会增添个人的忧虑。一个人愤怒时，心脏泵出的血比平常要多，且容易导致高血压，还可能导致心脏病。所以，你要像勤劳不辍的鸭子那样，冷静而沉着，而且还要拼命地划水，好像自己陷于地狱深处。这对人来说，就是要始终努力工作改变生活。永远也不要让失望和沮丧左右你的情绪。你可以用正确的态度，来决定自己的命运和未来。
总之，这一切都由你的心境决定。每个人都面临两个选择：一个是愤怒，另一个是耐心地保持冷静。我选择后者，你呢？
愤怒有百害而无一利，只会对他人造成伤害，且徒增自己的烦恼。这一切都由你的心境决定，你的情绪只有你才能掌控，保持大脑的冷静吧！
havoc ['h鎣k] n. 大破坏；蹂躏；伤害
The earthquake has made great havoc of the city.
地震给这个城市造成了巨大的破坏。
hindrance ['hindrns] n. 妨害；障碍；阻碍物
Habits are great helps or great hindrances.
习惯带给人类许多帮助，也带来许多阻碍。
arrogant ['鎟gnt] adj. 傲慢的；自大的；自负的
One should never be arrogant even when he is at his best.
一个人在最得意时也不应傲慢。
hell [hel] n. 地狱
We burn ourselves to hell !
我们在地狱中燃烧自己！
愤怒距危险仅一步之遥。
所以，你要像勤劳不辍的鸭子那样，冷静而沉着，而且还要拼命地划水，好像自己陷于地狱深处。
总之，这一切都由你的心境决定。
When one is angry, the heart pumps a lot more blood than the normal capacity and hence it leads to high blood pressure.
lead to：导致；引起；通向；发生
After all, it' s all in a state of mind.
after all：毕竟；终究；终于
不要忽略那些小想法
Don' t Ignore That Little Thought
卡罗琳·加兰果 / Caroline Jalango
What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you ignore it because you thought that it was just a little thought?
Have you ever considered what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts or if you had paid more attention to it?
Imagine a scenario, where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light bulb is turned on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought catches your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to discard it, but wait a minute!
That thought could be the potential beginning of the success you have so much yearned for. As the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a realization, a solution, a conclusion, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has long eluded you.
It is almost as if a divine being has whispered the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality thereby bringing illumination to your life. It is like finding the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
This becomes an AHA moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that little but powerful thought.
Your self-confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become conscious of the great possibilities that can arise if that little thought is acted upon. This becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to write down any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review.
Seemingly meaningless little thoughts or ideas when acted upon have a potential to explode into great projects.
Many successful projects have been born from the little positive thoughts that were carefully nurtured and recognized as tickets to great things.
You may have heard people say many times that it just came to me in a flash. In a flash moment, a small idea or seemingly meaningless thought may cross your mind about something you have been planning to accomplish.