Monday Motivational Quotes

Manage Anger with Prayer

In February, 2011, my dear friend, Teresa Kamins, sent me a copy of Norman Vincent Peale’s Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day Of The Year. I look to it for inspiration to this day.

Instead of trying to destroy all your anger, snip away by prayer each annoyance that feeds your anger. In so doing you will weaken it to such a point, that presently you will have control over it. ~ Norman Vincent Peale Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day Of The Year

Every one of us experiences anger. It is how we manage anger that matters most.

Our ability to manage anger well and have control over it results in positive changes in our lives. However, when we are unable to manage anger and let it take over, we run the risk of making poor decisions which can create problems in our lives and negatively impact our relationships and even our health.

If we want to manage anger well, and create a positive change in our lives, then to properly do so, Dr. Peale encourages us to use prayer to chip away at each annoyance until our anger is weaken to a point where we can resume control. “Feed Your Good Dog” until the evil dog is no longer.

An example of a prayer . . . said with conviction . . . to lessen the annoyance to help manage anger may be:

May understanding, patience and love fill my heart. May understanding, patience and love for _________ flood my soul.

Make no mistake that this may not be easy, and it will require commitment on our part. It may take saying the prayer many many times over to reach a point where we are in control over our anger. What we need to keep in mind, however, is that to resume self-control by using prayer to, among other things, manage anger will take far less time than if we mismanaged our anger, and it will result in fewer negative consequences than if we did nothing.

And, remember . . . Feed Your Good Dog so your good dog always wins!

Sources: PBS.org | This Emotional Life references: Anger Research Consortium; American Psychological Association

“It’s an awesome feeling, when you truly believe that you’re going to be successful regardless of the situation because you put in all the time, all the effort, all the hard work, and you know it’s going to pay off.” ~ Apollos Hester, East View Running Back

Down at half-time, Apollos Hester and his teammates came back to win the football game by one point. His words and infectious attitude in an interview at the end of the game will set the tone for your week ahead! Take a listen!

And, remember, Feed Your Good Dog so your good dog always wins!

Mahatma Gandhi inspires us with this quote:

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

When the sky appears to be falling, keep doing what you know in your heart will make the world a better place because it WILL even if you don’t see it.

And, remember . . . Feed Your Good Dog so your good dog always wins!

Source: Brainy Quotes

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~Jim Rohn

Inspired by Begin with Yes – Facebook Page

Read more at Brainy Quotes

The first roller coaster opens in America on June 16, 1884 at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.

World record breaking track and field paralympic athelete, fashion model, actress and motivational speaker Aimee Mullins, “an influential voice in today’s culture” says the following about living life on a roller coaster:

Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

And, remember . . . Feed Your Good Dog so your good dog always wins!

Sources: Brainy Quote and Aimee Mullins