Along with the principles of meditation, gratitude and positive affirmation that most of us try to practice or at least dabble in once in awhile is the powerful art of having emotional control
Emotional control isn't about always have good things happen to you or forcing situations to go your way, it simply is stepping back from any situation far enough to look at it from a different angle or vantage point, allowing yourself to see the blessing or the good.
For instance, you suddenly become unemployed. The first response is probably anger, followed by panic, followed by despair. But what if you took a different angle on it and looked at it as an opportunity to learn something new by going to school or taking a class or as a means to separate you from people who may have been sucking the positive energy out of you or the opportunity to try something in a completely new and different area. The change surely brings new people, new ideas and new exploration into your life, enriching it and stretching your comfort zone.
What about the loss of a loved one or the loss of a relationship, or a move to a new place? All can be extremely difficult to weather, but all can bring huge blessings if you choose to look for the positive in the situation. An old relationship ending, will give way to new relationships starting. It may also remove you from an unhealthy relationship that you've unknowingly been hanging onto for too long.
The trick is, letting go of the negative and really searching for the positive place to strive to get to. Like being in a dark tunnel, but moving towards a light. I challenge you to look at your current life situation, then step back and take 2 steps to the left and look at it again. Seek for the positive and hang onto it, that is the way you practice emotional control. You can't necessary control what happens to you and around you, but you can control how you feel about it.
With tax time here, most of us see it as a bad thing (me too!) but I keep telling myself that I am blessed to have an income that allows me to need to pay taxes. The income is the blessing, the tax should be the reminder of that blessing.
Good luck! This one is powerful, but you have to keep practicing....
2 comments:
Well said!
When did you and Becky get so profound in your thoughts? I agree with you and hope that you will take your own advice when it comes to a certain someone who seems to pull the right strings for you. Be happy, live life, focus on the good in everything for it is there if we look for it. Remember to lead with your heart, write upon your heart the splendor of your life and the good that is there. We are all so blessed. Love ya
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