Monday, December 06, 2010

Anger is one letter short of danger


I was looking at the handouts from the conference I attended last week; under the topic 'How to be a Skillful Communicator', there is a subtopic 'Remove Distractions', which says, ‘Try avoid doodling when you are told to listen’ and aptly on the same page, I saw this:

Yes, I doodled the face of the speaker. When I was told not to doodle and just listen. Obviously I was not listening. Kah kah. In my defense, I love to doodle (is that a valid defense?!)

Anyways, the speaker also talked about the Chain of Anger (I listened to this because it was interesting! And I thought I’d share with you guys) Example of chain: Son wakes up to find his favourite toy missing. He screamed at his mom demanding for his toy. Mom felt annoyed and exchanged harsh words with dad and sent him off to work with a sad face. Dad, bad mood and all, went to work and scolded his secretary for the tiniest mistake. Secretary picked up his foul mood and scolded her assistant for another mistake and the assistant resigned. Dad, affected by the resignation, went home even more pissed off. Saw his son’s toy on the driveway and screamed at him and the son cried and screamed at his mom.

And the Chain of Anger begins again and again and again.

What can instead be done? Be the one who breaks the chain. So you’re the mom? Help your son to find his toy or tell him to be patient and search for it together. So you’re the dad? Help your wife find the missing toy, or simply coax her with sweet words. You’re the secretary/assistant? Brush off your superior’s rude remarks with your positive attitude and let it go. Easier said than done though. We’re only human. We get angry, pissed off, annoyed.

But yeah, the world would definitely be a better place if everybody would try to be the one who breaks the chain of anger. Anger is an awful, awful emotion. Common, but very awful. And like flu and fear and every negative thing there is, anger is contagious. Contagious and awful, yikes! So this new (hijrah) year, I vow to always TRY to be the one who breaks the Chain of Anger. Semoga tahun ini lebih baik dari sebelumnya insyaAllah!


To wrap up the (hijrah) year, the little superhero would like to wish uncles and aunties:

Garang kan muka superhero? Takut ke tak?!


21 comments:

reena said...

Cakap kat Superhero, tak takut punnnn. Rasa macam nak gigit lagi adalah. Hehe. P/S: Happy new year!

kano said...

Salam Maal Hijrah buat Am, Daud n Hadi. Semoga Allah memelihara kita semua di dunia akhir zaman ni. :-)

Anonymous said...

Kak am, I want to join your club and wish that I will not contributing to the anger viscious cycle :) mari mommies skalian!

Marliza Radzi said...

Reena: Haha penat superhero buat muka serius.

Kano: Untuk kakak, Abang Chaq & anak-anak keponakanku juga!

Anonymous: Mari :D

Y- A-T-T said...

chain of anger tu ala2 mcm chain of yelling (eh, ker screaming) yang Barney cakap tu. heh.

Happy new year!

~maiefa said...

haah yatt, aku pun terus teringat barney awesome punya teori tuh ;)

Anonymous said...

my husband always be the chain breaker! he will always cool me down and then say good thing abt it.

And i always feel bad about it. sepatutnya Mak la kan kena jadi chain breaker... so yeah, i hope tahun baru ini akan jadi lebih baik dr sebelumnya... insyaAllah.



~coffeeaddicts~

Marliza Radzi said...

Yatt & Maiefa: Barney memang awesome with his awesome theories :D

Aida: Sama-sama boleh jadi :D

yongE said...

dlm buku "aku terima nikahnya" siri pun ade mention pasal chain of anger ni..tp tak igt yg mana satuh... negative energy mmg senang berjangkit kan..uhhuhuh

hadi kelihatan spt zorro versi cilik ahahah

ibuwijdan said...

comel sangatla super hero ni,rasa nak gigit adalah...

Marliza Radzi said...

Yong: Siri Aku Terima Nikahnya tu siri apa? Best eh?

Linda: Penat Hadi buat muka macho macam Wijdan. Haha.

nor'aini said...

Tq, Marliza.i really need these (i mean ur tulisan).i scold almost everybody.at home, hubby n kids.at work-my staff (who took EL today after i shout at her last thursday n m not in the office last friday) n i shout to other peeps klien. Bad very bad

Rin said...

idea yg menarik! sukanya..

Marliza Radzi said...

Nor'aini: Kita semua ada hari-hari sebegitu kan?

Arin: Idea apa yang disukai ini?

Ahsuez said...

Sometimes, silence is the best virtue.

Release the anger via proper channels; workout, singing loudly (it's so ok if you are singing off-tune), sleep or anything suits you.

Happy New Year!

*I just found your blog, the photos are superb!

Marliza Radzi said...

Ahsuez: Indeed, thanks & happy new year to you too! :D

Rin said...

idea ttg menjadi pemutus rantaian kemarahan tu.. hehe..

yongE said...

am...
Aku terima nikahnya, penulis die hasrizal abdul jamil safulislam.com..next siri buku tajuk bercinta sampai syurga & murabbi cinta..jalam penyampaian dia simple & dekat dgn hati..dr start sblum kahwin sampailaa life rumahtangga & cara didik anak2 die cite..
kt popular pun adejual..tp yg siri1 slalu sold out..ehe

AyinEmran said...

Comellah Hadi, tak garang pun. Aku ingat kau nak letak gambar Hadi yg nampak annoyed tu, sbb entry pasal anger and whatnot Hehe.

Marliza Radzi said...

Arin: Oh baiklah :D

Yong: Oooo. Seperti menarik!

Ayin: Gambar tu baru jumpa dalam library (gambar hari Ahad) Tapi memang sesuai sebenarnya kan? Hehe.

Unknown said...

the caricature..definitely a classic!