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man, i've come to a point that i need to google for 'anger management'.

"A chip on your shoulder because you hate the world

Let's face it. We all go through times when we think we've gotten a raw deal in life. We think life is unfair or even that God is unfair. Our anger builds up. We stomp around in a nastymood looking for an excuse to snap at someone.

We feel entitled to our snit. We've been treated unjustly, and we're looking for revenge. Of course it doesn't make sense to attack an innocent bystander who says something questionable, but we don't care. We're full of bile and want to let some out.

Yikes! Is that any way to live?

Time to outgrow some things

The spiritually and emotionally mature person understands when it's time tomove on. Living in the past--always looking behind you--gives you a permanent kink in the neck, and that's painful.

Two year-old children throw tantrums and even though it's obnoxious, we tend to overlook it because of their age. In thirty year-olds, it's downright scary.

Carrying a chip on your shoulder harms you the most. People steer away from you; you're like a vicious dog that may bite with the slightest provocation. Friendships fall apart. The more people avoid you, the morebitter you get.

We hear so much and read so much about people demanding their rights. Everyone has to be so politically correct because people have a chip on their shoulder from some wrong done to them in the past. Maybe it wasn't even done to them personally, but to the group they belong to. They carry a grudge and just wait for somebody to offend them.

Many singles tend to be defensive anyway. Carrying a chip on your shoulder does more harm than good, though."