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 little, my emotions were out of control. I would always explode and I was pretty close to a living tornado. Everything inside of me was a stress reaction to everything that was happening outside in the world.
However, as I grew up, I started to become much more of an observer than a reactor. I quieted down and started looking at everyone and everything around me with deep interest.
And from this, I learned some incredibly important lessons about life.
Not everything needs a reaction.
Not everything needs to have a huge amount of effort attached to it.
Not everything has to have an equally matched counter reaction to what happened.
I found out that there's a great deal of strength in having grace under pressure and being fluid instead of rigid. Life isn't as much about what happens to you but rather how you decide to act after it has all happened.
And even though this was an amazing insight to have, there was something else that struck me.
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.
I'm acting...just quietly.
You can be gentle with your touch.
Calmly.
Because I value myself and know what's good for my heart. I know that exploding and losing control of myself is only going to harm me in the end.
It's a great thing to be looking out for yourself and for others 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?
Time to grow.
When I was little, my emotions were out of control. I would always explode and I was pretty close to a living tornado. Everything inside of me was a stress reaction to everything that was happening outside in the world.
However, as I grew up, I started to become much more of an observer than a reactor. I quieted down and started looking at everyone and everything around me with deep interest.
And from this, I learned some incredibly important lessons about life.
Not everything needs a reaction.
Not everything needs to have a huge amount of effort attached to it.
Not everything has to have an equally matched counter reaction to what happened.
I found out that there's a great deal of strength in having grace under pressure and being fluid instead of rigid. Life isn't as much about what happens to you but rather how you decide to act after it has all happened.
And even though this was an amazing insight to have, there was something else that struck me.
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.
I'm acting...just quietly.
You can be gentle with your touch.
Calmly.
Because I value myself and know what's good for my heart. I know that exploding and losing control of myself is only going to harm me in the end.
It's a great thing to be looking out for yourself and for others 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?
Time to grow.
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