Whenever you are angry, take a beautiful object in your house and smash it to pieces. The pity you feel for what you have done is silly compared to what you are doing to your mind: taking a sacred moment to be alive and desecrating it by being angry.
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  • Anger — Managing emotion, frustration, and the fires within
  • Beauty — Appreciating aesthetics, grace, and the sublime
  • Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life
  • Peace — The pursuit of harmony, reconciliation, and inner calm

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