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There is a
collective pain among
many groups of people that has been
denied, mislabeled or unacknowledged.
The pain of their collective past, the
pain transferred from parents, the pain
experienced as children, the pain
created for another. Regardless of
the source or the age of the wounds,
pain is many time the source of anger.
Yet we are often taught that it is not
"nice" to be angry. We are
discouraged from voicing or acting on
what we may feel. We come up with
cute little names for the things we do
to deny the anger. When we fail to
acknowledge anger, it quickly becomes
depression and the weight makes it
difficult to move forward. It robs
us of our dreams. It steals
precious hours, days and years.
Depression may be labeled laziness,
confusion, ignorance or just the way we
are. Very often these labels make
us angry. The only way to end the
cycle and get off the roller coaster of
denied emotions is to admit that we are
angry and go within to find the remedy.
-- Iyanla Vanzant
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