Processing Anger With An Open Heart

 I really appreciate your recognition of the value of anger ( and I'd like to include all of our emotions), to often emotions are seen as negative, as a huge fallacy of the evolutionary process. Our feelings act as a guide as to how we are doing in the face of the surrounding circumstances and urge us to take action to enrich life, our own or that of others. Often we are educated to blame others for how we feel instead of taking responsibility for our feelings. we then to often seek to punish the other for making us feel unpleasant feelings by seeking revenge or retribution. Our minds can become very confused as a result of our dysfunctional conditioning. I suggest that our mind's first and foremost priority in times of emotional upheaval is to refer us to the heart. Once we have connected with the love and compassion of the heart we can then go to the mind to explore possible responses to the situation that stimulated our emotions.   

I find your comment quite thought-provoking and helpful. I will try to put this into practice.
There's that story of the good wolf and the bad wolf. Which ever one you feed gets stronger.
Eliminating the bad wolf doesn't make the good wolf stronger. (Bad wolf being negative
emotions, good wolf being kindness,compassion, love, clarity etc.). Those latter qualities being
found in the heart.