The Fire that Guides
Welcome to the warmth of your inner knowing, where every emotion—like fire—has its place in the great unfolding of your being.
Anger, like fire, is neither wholly destructive nor wholly illuminating—it is a force that requires tending. Fire has the power to sustain life, to offer warmth on a cold night, to cook nourishing food, to bring light where there is darkness. Yet left unchecked, it consumes, rages, and destroys. So it is with anger. It arises as part of our nature, an instinct that signals danger, injustice, or harm. To deny its presence is to deny part of what it means to be alive, yet to be ruled by it is to lose sight of the deeper wisdom that calls us toward love.
There are times when anger is necessary. It stirs us from complacency, ignites the will to protect what is sacred, and refuses to allow indifference to settle like dust upon our souls. It can be the fire that wakes us when we have grown numb. But anger alone is not enough. If it is our only guide, it will eventually burn away all that is tender within us. Anger must give way to something greater—something that is both fierce and gentle, something that heals as much as it transforms. That something is love.
Love, too, is a fire. Not a fire of destruction, but a fire of presence, warmth, and radiance. Love does not silence anger; rather, it invites anger into the larger landscape of wisdom, where it can be transfigured. Love asks anger: What have you come to show me? What wound calls for my attention? What injustice must be faced, not with blind rage, but with unyielding clarity?
To befriend anger is to recognize its wisdom without mistaking it for the whole truth. It is to let anger be present without allowing it to consume. When love is the foundation, anger can serve rather than dominate. It can open us to the holy fire of transformation, where even our most difficult emotions become pathways to deeper trust.
We are not called to banish our emotions, but to hold them in the presence of the Divine, to let them be shaped and refined. The sacred fire that burns within us is not one of destruction but of illumination. We can bring all that we are—our love, our sorrow, our anger—to that fire, and know that nothing essential will be lost.
The fire is within you.
Not to destroy, but to illuminate.
Not to consume, but to reveal.
Let it burn with clarity,
Let it burn with love,
Let it be the fire that guides you home.