“Anger is a motivator
You can’t run on anything else
You can run on anger
It doesn’t need to be fed
It doesn’t need to sleep…
You want to get something done,
Get good and angry“
–Into the Fire (Netflix, Sept, 2024)
This is what a mother is saying during the intro of a Netflix series. It’s about her daughter who went missing and she is saying her daughter’s case was never investigated. She said she was going to find her daughter. If she had to walk God’s green earth, she would do it. She was talking about how before all this happened, she never even knew how to use a computer. She unravelled the mystery.
It’s interesting to me all of the skills we learn and how fast we are willing to step into the unknown when it’s for our kids.
One common thing that I think parents who file human rights complaints all have in common, on some varying levels, is anger.
A violation has occurred.
A trust violation.
We run on anger.
Anger truly is a motivator. Embrace it. It will be the gas in your gas tank.
Anger is like trying to tame a wild beast. Riding a bull. You need to focus it. Get real good. Find an outlet. Like a release valve. But focus that energy. Don’t focus that energy onto people. Channel that anger into MOVEMENT and LEARNING. It needs to flow. It can’t stay buried. It will fester. Breathe in. Breathe out. Learning breathing in, movement breathing out.
People accomplish things they never dreamed they could do. Make it work FOR you.
I love the quote, “Action is the antidote to despair” – Activist Joan Baez
The failing education system is a brewing pot of angry parents. The number of human rights complaints is increasing. (The financial costs of human rights complaints in public education). Is the Ministry of Education and Child Care paying attention yet? The scarcity in education is breathing the oxygen into the fire.
Trust me.
You can run on anger.