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This story was on 60 minutes the other night: It is about a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder. He has been living in prison for the last 26 years!!! New evidence has finally surfaced that this man, Logan, may indeed be innocent.

60 minutes came to interview Logan in prison recently, and the interviewer asked him, "Aren't you angry?". Logan replied, "Yes, for the first 5 or 6 years, I was angry. Then I realized, why be angry over something you can't control?".

His realization is one that we could all use. It is often difficult for us to remember that anger is a choice because we usually feel so entitled to our anger. I mean, come on, doesn't Logan have the "right" to be angry? We use entitlement and rationalization as justification for anger and very often, we are even correct in our entitlement! There is often a reason for our anger. Logan certainly has the "right" to be angry, but he has realized that it is his life that is going to suck (and yes, that is a clinical term) if he CHOOSES to be angry every day.

Check out the link for his full story. It's about 12 minutes long. But Logan's interview happens within the first minute and a half.

Love & Light,

Regina

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