Two Faces of Anger and Hate

I ate breakfast at Jollibee yesterday morning and got a free newspaper. since it's not always that i get to read the daily news, i flipped thru the sections and browsed on what's interesting to read and catch up with what's happening around me.

saw the oh so fabulous and glamorous dresses worn by the hollywood actresses on a certain awards thingy (forgot what is was).......found out that the government's budget deficit has actually decreased by three billion (this reminded me of class discussions that i had at the isolated Public Administration Building at UP).........and another gruesome beheading of an American construction worker (if i remember it right) at Iraq.

After a very tiring bus ride (which is what my commute is always like), i got home and as usual flopped on the sofa and surfed thru the cable channels. luckily i caught Anger Management starring Adam Sandler. my face was all crumpled up when the movie started (coz i was tired but still cant sleep) but by the time the movie ended i was laughing my ass off and I was alone! the movie might have been lame for some other peeps but i found it very funny, entertaining and it actually has a lesson that we all can learn which is not to use and abuse people to gain more in life (which is best played by Adam's idiotic boss who sits all day at the office and let's Adam create the entire fashion line for the chubby cat Meatball) and to not let people use and abuse you for their own advantage. "Otherwise you'll turn into the implosive cashier who shoots everybody at the bank"...... hahahaha! Jack Nicholson aka Buddy - the Anger Specialist couldn't have said it any better!

After the movie, I went to my room and tried to solve that day's crossword puzzle (which ended up in vain). while i was thinking of synonyms, a thought crept into me. I was thinking that the beheading of the American and the movie Anger Management display the two faces of anger and hate.......the former is a grimmer face which makes you wonder what happened for things to be like this.....I mean we live on the same planet, breathe the same air and basically have the same creator but why do we treat each other this way? Why is it that no matter how hard we try to be kind and considerate to our fellowmen we end up destroying and brutalizing each other? Whoever can answer this question please tell me because I can't figure out for the life of me why this happens.

On the other hand, the latter tackles a lighter side and offers us hope......strength.....and a silver lining (as the cliche goes) telling us that anger and hate can be dealt with - that no matter how imperfect we are as human beings, we manage to overcome the odds inspite and despite of us being imperfect. Yes there are times that we homosapiens antagonize each other but we also are capable of coming together and agreeing towards one goal (localized example: EDSA People Power).

I find it amazing and I consider myself lucky that we live in a world that displays both faces of anger and hate. To me, it's a way for our Creator to tell us that bad and good, pure and evil can and does co-exist no matter where you go. You can never escape the bad but you'll still experience something good in your entire lifetime. We have the option to choose which one we follow.

FREE WILL...isn't this our main trait that makes us human? It's one of the factors that makes you who you are (aside from the genes and all), what kind of beliefs and principles you have, makes you decide if you want to eat pizza or veggies (ok, ok, lame example but catch my drift?)

Since God did not create man to have only the same way of thinking it is given that we'll disagree and fight each other. Then you ask, if God knows (and we know he is All-Knowing) that this will happen, why did He choose for us to have free will? My answer to that is simple.....God loves us unconditionally but wants us to learn from our mistakes and dust ourselves off after the fall. Even if he knows we'll hurt each other because of free will he also knows that free will lets us
have second thoughts and stop before we act thus avoiding potential damage (this might not happen always but it is experienced by most people).

For now, I leave those for today's ramblings. Time for me to head on home and see what thought creeps into my head this time.