Because I'm Angry

“Canta ¡oh Musa! de Aquiles, hijo de Peleo, la COLERA FUNESTA que

causó infinitos males a los griegos; que precipitó a los infiernos las

almas valerosas de muchos héroes, y los hizo servir de pasto a los

perros y a todas las aves de rapiña –así se cumplió la voluntad de Zeus– desde

que, por primera vez, separó una disputa al hijo de Atreo, jefe de los griegos y

al divino Aquiles.”

                        -opening lines of Homer’s Illiad (I really like how it sounds in Spanish)

            This was what first came to my mind when I heard this theme. I love it so much! Soooo epic, man. THE WRATH OF ACHILLES! Oh, no, Agamemnon, you’re screwed, you going down.

            I was also thinking of the curious fact that it’s actually healthy to be angry. It’s part of being human. It would be stupid if you don’t get angry or indignant in the face of wrong, unfair actions. You need anger to fight for your rights, to survive in this world. You need anger to whip up your boyfriend in shape, set things straight with him. You need anger to raise children, be a sibling, become closer to your friends, have stronger relationships. It’s also very important not to keep all the heat inside when you’re furious, or you’ll explode, just like when you’re sad. You must let it out, talk about it with someone, take it out on your journal or diary, hit a mattress with a baseball bat, go to your room and eat a bowl of ice cream, etc.

            BUT it’s all healthy as long as there is control, and especially as long as you avoid harming others, eventually softening to say sorry, forgive and forget, fix the situation. If you get carried away by your anger, becoming stubborn and refusing to cool down, you really won’t have a good time. If you step back and take a look at yourself during such situations, you’ll see that you’re being very close-minded, and that it’s all really not worth it. It’s a very immature attitude, in the end, especially if you go real far. Take a look at Achilles in the Illiad. It’s incredible how far he goes, gradually becoming deaf to reason. There’s this part where Odysseus, Ajax, and somebody else who I don’t remember right now visit him on behalf of Agamemnon, who sent them to say that he surrenders and returns everything he’d taken away from him, adding to them a whole bunch of expensive prizes. But this wasn’t enough for Achilles! He practically wanted Agamemnon to kneel before him, absolutely humbled!! Thus, he refused all of the offerings and remained out of the war. Geez, man, he didn’t even listen to his own friends’ arguments. So have in mind that when you let anger loose, you might end up like him, or do even more drastic things…human imagination has no limits.

            I guess that the best way to deal with this emotion is to first let it out, preferably far from people, and not making any serious decisions until it fades out, so you can see things more clearly.

            …remember what Jedi Master Yoda said!

"...♪Because I’m angry
Clap along if you feel like anger is the truth
Because I’m angry
Clap along if you know what anger is to you...♪"