And then… slowly, I felt better.
And Isaac, with no audience for his outrage, ate his lunch.
Once again, I discovered a truth. It is one I seem to have to keep discovering. I will share it with you so that we can both remember…
How you feel, is how you feel. And that’s OK.
There is no thinking your way out of feeling a certain way.
When you use thinking as your primary tool for processing emotions, you are repressing them, reducing them or just plain trampling them.
This is the shadow world of positive thinking. When used as an answer to escape or outwit how you are feeling…
It can actually cause more pain.
And that is not respect. I’m not talking about respect for your emotions. I’m talking about respect for yourself.
Contrary to what your thinking might tell you…
Allowing yourself to feel how you feel is the fastest way to move through the emotion.
It may look like allowing yourself to swim in Negative Thinking.
However, once acknowledged, and an emotion has been allowed with as much understanding as you can find, it naturally moves toward harmony.
Sometimes allowing something “negative” is the fastest path to Positive.
And yes, this morning I woke up with a smile, saying…
“Thank you for my life.”
A life spent working as an outdoor guide and energy therapist, Becky Cashman brings this conversation to her natural products business at Goodbye Sandfly.
