Do Not Be Quick in Your Spirit to Anger
Do not be quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
How often today did I hold anger in my bosom that would have passed with just one held breath?
📝Reflection
The Preacher does not forbid anger itself. What he targets is "quickness." Anger may come and go like a guest, but the fool presses it into the bosom and lets it settle in. The Buddha too said "conquer anger with calm." We cannot stop anger from rising, but whether we bed it down in our bosom or let it pass is ours to decide. The gap of one breath — that brief space between anger and reaction — divides folly from wisdom. Let anger come and go as a guest today. Just do not seize it and put it to bed.
🌱Apply It Today
The moment anger flares today, count just one breath before you react. That one breath empties the bosom.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
