Both our images mentioned above show this. Cain is a prisoner even as he wanders with no home. If we think of ourselves as fairly safe on this one, we need to think again. Jesus said if there is anger in our hearts, the kind we save up for someone in particular, we are guilty of breaking this commandment. Plato talks about a chariot being pulled by two horses- desire and anger.
Reason is the chariot driver that keeps the horses going in a direction of purpose.
What comes into focus is that the very things meant for passionate living can become the fuel for the taking of life. Our cruelty, our jokes, our character assassinations. And in the end we are destroying our selves. Our passions are running wild with no reasoning at the helm. On a recent episode of a popular TV drama, a family struggled with the decision to remove their father and husband from life support.