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 all of this, I learned something very important about life.
There doesn't need to be some big reaction for everything.
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.
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.
It was for others to never mistake my ability to keep myself calm under pressure in the face of someone else losing their own character to be inaction on my part.
You can act...quietly.
You can be kind and 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 I could raise hell, but I won't. I'm looking out for me, and I'm looking out for you at the same time.
Time to try on a different way.
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 all of this, I learned something very important about life.
There doesn't need to be some big reaction for everything.
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.
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.
It was for others to never mistake my ability to keep myself calm under pressure in the face of someone else losing their own character to be inaction on my part.
You can act...quietly.
You can be kind and 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 I could raise hell, but I won't. I'm looking out for me, and I'm looking out for you at the same time.
Time to try on a different way.
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