The Secret to Managing Your Emotions

Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. I John 3:20

Scientists call it “metamood.”

It’s the ability to pull back and recognize that “what I’m feeling is anger,” or sorrow, shame or whatever.

It’s a difficult skill because our emotions so often appear in disguise. A person in mourning may know she is sad, but she may not recognize that she is also angry at the person for dying – because this seems somehow inappropriate.

A parent who yells at the child...