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It deals with people ... who emotional illiterates. They have no self-understanding. They live their own lives. They're educated, know everything, oriented in their surroundings. They have resources. But they can't handle the simplest of emotional ABCs. They have no access to them.
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I wanted to tell a story about people's ignorance of their emotions and senses, about how they lack insight into the reactions of their inner soul, both their own and others close to them.
Q : So how is it, then, that you're so close to your anger? You are so famous for your anger.
B : So they say. Well I think its inherited. I think that becoming extremley angry and out of control on the job ... is unprofessional and shouldn't be allowed to happen. It's just destructive and makes people anxious. A person might throw what's known as 'constructive tantrums', but there you've still got yourself under control. It's a controlled, directed rage. But the uncontrolled fury --- as Luther said, "there's no taking back a word once it's in a fight ". That applies to any word you shouldn't have spoken. These are dangerous matters. You know, I used to be so quick tempered. mostly due to a profound lack of patience, and of course of fear and insecure. But as fear diminishes, and understanding increases, you don't need to get that angry.
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