FREE online courses on Handling Our Own Aggression & Anger - Level III
Skills involved in avoiding or reducing anger - Be empathic
See the Longfellow quote at the beginning of this course. The
least angry people are the most able to understand others, able to put
themselves "in the other person's shoes" and realize their motives and pain. It
is a life-long, unending task to know or intuit the inner workings of others and
to view every human life as a kindred spirit, in the sense of "but for the grace
of God, I would be that person." The most soothing reaction to hostility (your
own or someone else's) is genuine empathy.
