My weakness revealed.

Have you ever had a day where you thought everything was good, you got along with everyone that day, no real problems that come to mind. At the end of the day you go home and have dinner with your spouse, you talk about things and everything seems fine there as well. You sit on the couch, get comfortable and your pet dog or cat comes to say hello and all of a sudden you get angry with that pet and say things in a hateful manner and breathe out threats. Then you wonder, after a day like today that went so well, where did this come from? What could your pet have done that would make you so angry all of a sudden? And why was the degree of anger so far over anything your pet could have done? The reason is it had nothing to do with your pet. Maybe it wasn't your pet, but maybe it was you child, or your spouse, or someone or something else that didn't have anything to do with why you were so angry. It is interesting who or what can be the instrument use to reveal to you an issue you may not know exits. My poor dog probably wondered why his master would be so mad at him because he had just came to say hello.
My story is with the pet, but had very little or nothing to do with the pet. When this happened to me a couple of years ago, I ask myself the questions mentioned above. It took about six hours of searching my heart and mind as to why I was so angry. Finally it came to me what had caused the anger. I will add that I also prayed during this six hours and ask the Lord to help me find the cause and the solution to resolve this anger issue.
What the Lord revealed to me in my time of reflection, was that over a period of two weeks, the lady I worked for had made comments, questioned my integrity and I had been thinking about the wage I was paid and the distance I was having to travel. All of these things was a factor in why anger was building up inside of me. So once I realized what the problem was, in the next few days, I had a talk with the lady that I was working for. I mentioned that something has been bothering me and I needed to discuss it with her. I told her that the type of questions she had been asking me was bothering me. I also said that I realize that she probably had someone who had previously taken advantage of her and that was why she was questioning my integrity. I let her know which questions she asked that questioned my integrity and let her explain to me why. She told me, yes, she had someone preiosly take advantage and when something seemed similar about what I was doing it made her paranoid that I might be doing the same. I let her know that I was a man of integrity and that I had no need to steal time, money or anything else. I let her know that I do my best to do a good job for the money she paid me and that I would never do anything to take from her anything I did not earn. Once we had that discussion the anger left me. Sometimes we allow things to bother us that has nothing to do with the person or pet or whatever that we take it out on. In my case talking with the person who was the source of anger in me helped to resolve it. Choosing to forgive her released me from it. If that is the case with you, and you would like to share in generalities or specifics please share. Maybe your story will help someone to resolve their anger.