Just because I didn't react doesn't mean I didn't make a choice. Just because I didn't explode at you doesn't meant that there weren't any consequences to your actions.
When I was very young, I was completely out of control in regards to my emotions. I would explode at everything and I was about the closest thing you could get to a living lightning storm. Everything about me was a living stress reaction to what was happening in life and I didn't have any control over it.
But as I grew up and learned how to control myself a little bit more, I became quieter. I stopped talking as much and learned to listen more to what was going on around me. Instead of being a reaction to everything, I became an observer.
And from this, I learned some incredibly important lessons about life.
Not everything needs some sort of big reaction.
Not everything has to have a big fight surrounding it or a huge display of energy.
Not everything has to have an equally matched counter reaction to what happened.
And as I would soon find out, there's a great amount of strength in being graceful under pressure. Instead of resisting everything, you have to go with it and be more fluid.
This was one of the greatest things I learned. But there was something else as well...
I learned that action beneath the surface is often called for. You can make decisions about life and what to do when situations go south without them needing to be seen by everyone around you.
You can act in silence.
You can be kind and gentle with your touch.
Calmly.
Because if you know what is good for your heart and your soul, you will learn that exploding and losing control is only going to harm you in the long run.
It's a beautiful thing to be looking out for yourself and all for the other person as well.
Because you could absolutely raise hell and no one would blame you for it in many situations, but does that actually do you any good?
It's time to try a different approach.
When I was very young, I was completely out of control in regards to my emotions. I would explode at everything and I was about the closest thing you could get to a living lightning storm. Everything about me was a living stress reaction to what was happening in life and I didn't have any control over it.
But as I grew up and learned how to control myself a little bit more, I became quieter. I stopped talking as much and learned to listen more to what was going on around me. Instead of being a reaction to everything, I became an observer.
And from this, I learned some incredibly important lessons about life.
Not everything needs some sort of big reaction.
Not everything has to have a big fight surrounding it or a huge display of energy.
Not everything has to have an equally matched counter reaction to what happened.
And as I would soon find out, there's a great amount of strength in being graceful under pressure. Instead of resisting everything, you have to go with it and be more fluid.
This was one of the greatest things I learned. But there was something else as well...
I learned that action beneath the surface is often called for. You can make decisions about life and what to do when situations go south without them needing to be seen by everyone around you.
You can act in silence.
You can be kind and gentle with your touch.
Calmly.
Because if you know what is good for your heart and your soul, you will learn that exploding and losing control is only going to harm you in the long run.
It's a beautiful thing to be looking out for yourself and all for the other person as well.
Because you could absolutely raise hell and no one would blame you for it in many situations, but does that actually do you any good?
It's time to try a different approach.
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