My fiance Erik and I were reading in the marriage prep, and it came just in line with class this week. Often the text would point out that anger was a choice, and the class talks about using our choices with a full awareness of our agency, or self mastery as some would call it.
A lot of the time we try to shirk our responsibility of our agency; "they made me angry", "I couldn't help it" A talk that we read together mentioned a story where the speaker made the basketball team and lost control of of his temper while playing. The coach then stated that if the speaker wanted to continue playing on the team, tempers would do best to be checked.
As managers and entrepreneurs, self- control is an essential and critical personal asset. Without control of our agency, everything that we have learned is in vain. Og would have no power with the wisdom in his scrolls, and most importantly, Christ would have wasted the pain, effort and bravery that He so exemplified for us.
No matter the field, or the profession, I think the thing that I need to remember the most is that I need to walk with Christ and kneel with Him as I find that I lack the strength to choose.
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