When rage is constructive

Rule: Rage makes you behave irrational - and often stupid
Exception: When rage makes you act (better late than never)

I have been betrayed and not only I, but several others. After being passive for too long, far too long, I found that it was time to act and the rage that came over me suprised me. I am usually quite afraid of confrontations - that is one good thing about being brought up in a constantly quarelling family.

However, when I should act I am sometimes afraid to take action. People around me judge me from my actions and my passivitiy give off the wrong signals. As if I did not care. As if it did not hurt. As if it is nothing to care about.

This time I feel like a shepherd who has mistakenly allowed a wolf in sheep-skin access to the lambs. I feel like I am ready to slay. No-one will mistake me for accepting that kind of behaviour. I feel like climbing up on the highest mountain and shout it out.

Passivity is as bad as a quarelling spirit.