Recently multiple personal, local and international events have raised the emotion of righteous anger. This anger raises its head and is directed at the perceived arrogance/injustice of individuals, policies and large corporate companies.
I celebrate righteous anger in the right context and am grateful for its role in trailblazing changes that motivate us to challenge unhealthy relationships, unethical behaviour, policies, and social injustices.
In clinical practice and self-reflection sometimes the internal debate arises, is it righteous anger or being smugly virtuous? (I am catholic after all and there is no better place for me to look than in the mirror for this distinction.) Now might be a good time to quote Martin Luther King “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
I celebrate righteous anger in the right context and am grateful for its role in trailblazing changes that motivate us to challenge unhealthy relationships, unethical behaviour, policies, and social injustices.
In clinical practice and self-reflection sometimes the internal debate arises, is it righteous anger or being smugly virtuous? (I am catholic after all and there is no better place for me to look than in the mirror for this distinction.) Now might be a good time to quote Martin Luther King “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
