On Anger

One of my favorite tv shows is "How I Met Your Mother" (Monday nights on CBS). It is similar to Friends. The whole storyline is actually a flashback. The main character, Ted Mosby, is telling his kids (in the future) the story of 'How I Met Your Mother'.

Ted shares a "lesson learned" with his kids at the end of every episode. This week, it was a lesson about anger. The girl that Ted was going to marry leaves him at the altar for someone else.

It takes him a while to learn this lesson. He first tries to avoid and ignore Stella, his anger and his pain....

So here is the lesson Ted shared with his kids:

"...and that was it, in that moment I wasn’t angry anymore. I could see that Stella was meant to be with Tony.

Kids,

You may think that your only choices are to swallow your anger or throw it in someone’s face. But there is a third option, you can just let it go. And only when you do that is it really gone, and you can move forward.

And that kids, was the perfect ending to a perfect love story. It just wasn’t mine. Mine was still out there, waiting for me..."

~ Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother

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Next time you are angry, I hope you remember Ted's lesson:

"You may think that your only choices are to swallow your anger or throw it in someone’s face. But there is a third option, you can just let it go. "

peace, hope and love,

Lily