Been dealing with some pent up anger recently. My lovely wife said something to me the other day that just really pissed me off! Looking back on it now it’s really silly (isn’t it most always the case?), but at the time I was in that place where anything would set me off.

I wanted to so much just go off on her but being aware of this right there in the moment of my anger, I just walked myself up to the bedroom and sat down on my cushion, facing the white wall and proceeded to just feel my feelings. After a while I began being aware of my breathing then transitioned to trying to count my breaths. It was very difficult; the anger kept resurfacing and bubbling up. I tried not to push it away. I just worked on returning to breath counting.

In about 5 minutes I felt much better and was able to see what triggered my anger for what it really was.

This practice really works! I am very grateful today for my practice.