Slow to Anger

So I had the chance to practice being quick to listen and slow to anger the other day.  Sometimes when I am studying or reading I will come across a phrase that will roll around for a while, picking up speed and changing a thought process like only a well written word can.  The quote that I read in class from the NIV Application Commentary by David Nystrom goes like this "...James, I think, would counsel us to curb our desire to vent, to proclaim ourselves right...An angry response nullifies the benefits of a position of moral authority." (pg 106)  Again, like I said in class, this concept knocked me over.  I am someone who likes to vent, likes to be right, and sometimes seeks out other people to tell me just how right I am.  I have to say I have never considered the manner in which I respond to certain situations cancels out any point I may be trying to make.  I mean, how can venting be such a sin when I have been so obviously wronged?  Ouch.  The moral high ground crumbles away to leave us standing at the bottom of a pit.  The cure?  Verse 21...humbly accept the word planted in you.  Lets let this one take root.