Sunday, June 23, 2013

FEELINGS:


Why do we struggle so with our feelings?
Why do we work so hard to deny our
emotions, especially concerning other
people?

In the course of a day, we may deny we
feel frustrated in reaction to someone who
is selling us a service.

We may deny that we feel frustrated,
angry, or hurt in reaction to a friend.

We may deny feelings of fear, or anger,
toward our children.

We may deny a whole range of feelings
toward our spouse or our significant
other.

We may deny feelings provoked by people
we work for, or by people that work for us.

Sometimes the feelings are a direct
reaction to others. Sometimes people
trigger something deeper – an old sadness
or frustration.

Regardless of the source of our feelings,
they are still our feelings. We own them.
And acceptance is often all that is
necessary to make them go away.

We don't have to let our feelings control
our behavior. We don't have to act on each
feeling that passes through us.

It does help to talk about our feelings with
someone we trust. Sometimes we need to
bring our feelings to the person who is
triggering them. That can breed intimacy
and closeness. But the most important
person we need to tell is ourselves. If we
allow our feelings to pass through us,
accept them, and release them, we shall
know what to do next.

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