Anger is something that is so hard to feel that many people, especially those who are trying in some way, to be good peoplem, to live up to their own moral code, just bury it. They
Just
Don’t
Get
Angry.

Sure, being lost in anger is wholly self-destructive. But there are times when anger is appropriate (both personally AND socially, on matters of social injustice etc). And, there are also some ways to express anger that actually do something constructive with it, as opposed to just vent or rant. I think you hit this when you said “anger should not necessary be negative and destructive but could be harnessed as a force for change.”

I was an anger-avoider for a long time, and still tend to be. But I am finally learning to own this “hot” emotion… to see that it is part of me, and like every emotion, is one of the colors in the spectrum that is being a human being. To see that it is there to be experienced and utilized, in some way towards good.

I just don’t think I have the spark. It might be because I’ve seen so many pointless arguments (the kind that seems really silly and trite) and try to avoid them altogether. It feels as if I’m thinking over whether I should argue, and as I’m thinking the passion just leaves me.

Maybe I live too rationally?