Anger Management: The Beginning -- Post 8

I've taken to more skimming through my books than reading them chunks at a time, I've found that it makes me less angry that way. So when I was skimming through my Buddist book again today (Anger by Thich Naht Hanh), I came across something interesting. Now, granted, the metaphor was actually related to war, but I thought it applied to me to. Hanh said that when you lash out in anger you wind up hurting more than just the person you're angry with. You can hurt yourself, or even just other people around you when you lash out. Now, I try not to be a selfish person and I often don't even consider "will this make me happy" when I do things. I just kind of go with the flow. So in the beginning of the book when Hanh said that when you're angry, you'll never actually be happy, it didn't really convince me to do anything about my anger, but seeing it in print (whether I already knew it or not) that other people are going to get hurt whether I mean it or not, it was a little bit of a wake up call. So I decided I'm going to take note when I get angry (which clearly I'm trying to avoid, but it'll still happen) as to other people's reactions, not just who I'm mad at. Maybe I'll be surprised at what I find.