In our efforts to preserve life and diversity in an egocentric world, our mature anger – in addition to our love – can be one of our greatest resources. Mature anger is part of a healthy reaction to the actions of people in power that cause suffering, death, and extinction for so many individuals, species, and human traditions and languages. This includes anger at ourselves for our complicity, in either minor or major ways. Anger of this kind promotes clarity and motivates constructive and corrective action, as well as compassion for those who are suffering. Mature anger – entirely distinct from hatred – derives, as Tibetan Buddhists say, “straight from the heart of pure compassion.”

~ Geneen Marie Haugen

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