Do not be friends with an angry man... Proverbs 22:24 (paraphrase)
I spent a lot of time angry in my life. Angry about work, angry about home, angry at traffic, angry at me.
I had a temper. I used to fly off the handle and yell about stuff at home. I'd stew about things at work. It was troubling.
I've cooled down a lot. Age does that, but also experience. But when reading Proverbs (again) I finally paused on some of the verses about anger, and Proverbs 22:24 blew cold wind all through my heart and soul.
I always wondered why I didn't want to get together with people other than my family. It seemed like they didn't like me, couldn't get anything out of me, had no use for me. So I returned the sentiment. I would be alone as much as possible. With a wife and four children that was challenging at times, but the shiftwork helped.
