"Understanding the connection between agency and anger is the first step in eliminating it from our lives. We can choose not to become angry. And we can make that choice today, right now: 'I will never become angry again.' "
Agency is the most precious gift that Heavenly Father has given us, without it there wouldn't even be a need for a Savior. With this gift comes the responsibility to make wise and righteous choices...and sometimes those choices are not easy. In a talk by Lynn G. Robbins, entitled "Agency and Anger" he discusses the emotional consequences when we fail to exercise our agency with the spirit, "Anger is an uncivil attempt to make another feel guilty or a cruel way of trying to correct them. It is often mislabeled as discipline but is almost always counterproductive. Therefore the scriptural warning: “Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them,” and “fathers provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged”." I think this quote strikes at every heart that has ever thought negatively of another or spoke harshly against those that we love.
The entire purpose of our life on earth is help each other return to our loving Heavenly Father and when we chose to degrade and cut down those around us we lose out on opportunities to show them not only our love for them, but God's love for them. I think it's safe to say that life is hard enough without those sent to help us, using unkind words and cruel tones to belittle how we feel about ourselves. Just as Elder Robbins stated, "we can make that choice today, right now: 'I will never become angry again.' "
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