Ecclesiastes 7:9 says, Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.  We need to remember that Solomon was speaking about material things.  We are not to quickly be angered by things that are simply worldly things. There are those who are said to be ready to fight at the drop of a hat, and they will drop the hat.  There are people who seem to be angry about everything.  Solomon warns us that anger rests in the bosom of fools.  This does not mean that there are not things that we should be righteously angry at.  When the things of God, those spiritual things, are being trampled on, we are have a right to be righteously angry, as Jesus was when He cleansed the Temple.  I realize there is sometimes a fine line between when we should react to things that happen to us and when we shouldn't, but as Solomon was saying, if we react to everything in anger, then we are being a fool.  If you remember, one characteristic of a fool is that he has said in his heart that there is no God.  When we begin to be angry about everything that happens to us, we are not following God's plan for our lives.  We might question where to draw the line, but we must remember that Jesus drew the line at the cross.  If ever there was a Man with reason to act in anger, it was Jesus.  We are to follow His example.  If every time someone does or says something to offend us we say that they will pay, this is not what Jesus taught.  Verse ten says, Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.  We often glorify the past, the good old days.  Matthew Henry points out that men have always been bad and God has always been good, no matter the time period.  When we look to the past as being better than the present, we tend to forget the problems and glorify the good. Even if the past were better, we cannot live there.  Our challenge as followers of Christ is to make the present the best that we can.