Thank you, Lois. As I read this, I’ve also been reading your work on development, understood as creating something new out of what is given. I appreciate Maya Angelou’s distinction between bitterness and anger. I need that today, in order to respond and develop in light of political realities. I think one reason I have trouble even with anger is that it can sometimes feel at odds with two other emotions I appreciate: kindness (being attuned to, and understanding, the pain of others, even if you don’t like them) and forgiveness (willing the well-being of others, even if you don’t like them) How might constructive anger, of the kind she speaks, complement or foster our capacities to develop new ways of being kind and forgiving? Might these three – anger, kindness, and forgiveness – nourish one another? Would love your thoughts whenever or if ever time allows.
Jay McDaniel
Posted at 13:24h, 20 MarchThank you, Lois. As I read this, I’ve also been reading your work on development, understood as creating something new out of what is given. I appreciate Maya Angelou’s distinction between bitterness and anger. I need that today, in order to respond and develop in light of political realities. I think one reason I have trouble even with anger is that it can sometimes feel at odds with two other emotions I appreciate: kindness (being attuned to, and understanding, the pain of others, even if you don’t like them) and forgiveness (willing the well-being of others, even if you don’t like them) How might constructive anger, of the kind she speaks, complement or foster our capacities to develop new ways of being kind and forgiving? Might these three – anger, kindness, and forgiveness – nourish one another? Would love your thoughts whenever or if ever time allows.
Alice Rydel
Posted at 15:18h, 25 FebruaryThank you , Lois!