ANGER is ENERGY

Anger is a form of energy. There are two major forms of energy, Potential and Kinetic. Potential energy is stored within whereas kinetic energy is produced. Heat is a form of kinetic energy, that can turn into fire. Heat is produced by friction. In primeval days logs of wood were rubbed against each other to generate heat and start the fire. So any friction can give rise to heat that can turn into fire. And once the fire is produced it can cook the food or burn the farm. In view of this the fire is to be used for beneficial activities. So you take the call for using the fire. This energy can help you or destroy you. To sum up friction leads to heat and heat to the fire. This is a kinetic energy. While talking we use the phrases like don’t rub him on wrong side or he is on fire. Thus the origin of fire is friction that holds true even for humans.

We often hear the cricket commentator saying that so and so is on fire and sixes were raining all over. It did happen so on Kingsmead in inaugural T20 of 2007. The match was between India and England. Yuvraj Singh was being provoked by Andrew Flintoff after he was hit for two boundaries in that over. Flintoff used some foul language and said I will cut your throat off. Yuvraj told Flintoff “you see this bat in my hand. You know where I am gonna hit you with this bat?"

Flintoff was lucky that he didn’t bowl next over and poor Stuart Broad faced the outburst of Yuvraj’s energy with six sixes in the over. Yuvraj was on fire. The verbal friction between Flintoff and Yuvraj resulted in the heat that ignited fire in Yuvraj. Flintoff wasted his energy in stupid comment about cutting throat while Yuvraj chose to use the energy to create a record. Yuvraj has stored potential energy coupled with the kinetic energy that got produced took him to a different height in his cricketing career. 

Anger certainly creates energy and one has to use it for beneficial effect. Yuvraj got angry and was happy. So get angry and be happy.