I rise above thoughts that attempt to make me angry or afraid.

Not every thought that shows up is addressed to you. Some are old mail delivered to the house you happen to live in now. The angry ones and the frightened ones share a technique. They arrive with urgency and demand an immediate reply. Answer, and you're deep in an argument you didn't start, with someone who isn't in the room.

Rising above isn't suppression. It's the small delay between the thought and the reaction — long enough to notice that a thought has occurred, which is a different event from a fact being established. Most of them lose interest when nobody argues back.