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“Anger is a short madness.”
Seneca · On Anger
What it means today

In the grip of anger we become someone we would not choose to be. Naming it as a temporary madness helps you step back and reclaim the part of you that is watching.

Try this todayWhen angry today, describe to yourself, calmly, what the anger is doing to your thinking.
Today’s questionWould I trust the decisions made by the angry version of me?
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