The body keeps score when rage ignites, blood pressure spikes, and stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline hijack our system, priming us for a fight. Though the fight is rarely fact, muscles tense, ready to strike or flee, while digestion grinds to a halt. The body has no time for the luxury of thought. Vision narrows into tunnel focus, peripheral awareness fades, and the light dims in the prefrontal cortex—the center of reason and restraint. As chronic anger etches itself into our biology, the amygdala screams its primal alarm. Arteries inflame, immunity weakens. Disrupted sleep carves pathways to stroke and heart disease. What begins as a flash of fury erupts into a volcano of scorching lava, affecting all in its path in unthinkable ways.
Forgive for promoting anger that promotes blindness;
Forgive for embracing anger instead of kindness.
Forgive for anger planted and the crops of mistake;
Forgive for the anger just for anger’s sake.
Forgive for the brush strokes of anger that stained lives beyond our own;
Forgive for anger that birthed tragedies still unknown.
Rid ourselves of the anger that's held us hostage for however long;
Replace anger with wisdom, empathy, and calm.
Anger costs more than we know;
Forgiveness is strength—let grudges go.
Let anger rest upon the shelf;
Choose peace for others and for self.