You know if you’re anything like me you’ve had an emotional outburst from time to time. You’ve probably experienced a searing sensation of anger, perhaps the weight of sadness, the emptiness of fear, even the bitterness of jealousy.
The problem with these emotions isn’t that you have them. The problem is that too many of us dwell in them and don’t understand what these emotions are telling us.
Allow me to digress for just a moment. We’re all familiar with Past, Present, and Future. These three concepts of time dominate so many of our lives and so much of our success or lack there of depends on our understanding of these concepts.
Far too many people are holding on to the past, carrying it like bricks through their lives. For others we are focused on the future, always trying to get somewhere else, planning, strategizing, preparing. And all the while we’re dwelling on the past or making preparations for the future we are not in the moment of the present. Which is the one and only place we can actually effect change and create action in our lives.
So now what about the emotional thing I was ranting about above you ask?
Well did you know that those emotions are based on the same three concepts?
I assure they are, think about it, it is not possible to be mad about the present. When you are angry all of your energy and thoughts are being focused on the past event that lead you to have anger. Sadness too is an emotion based on the past. Fear is an emotion based solely on the future. Fear is often described as an acronym meaning False Expectations Appearing Real. These are “what-if” scenarios that are rooted in wasted fantasy. Jealousy is interesting as it expresses both the past and the future. Being jealous of time not spent or an experience that has passed or of the those that have not yet occurred.
So what emotion can we experience in the present moment?
Happiness! Happiness is not something that lives in the past nor is it something that hides in the future, it is the understanding and the acceptance of the present moment and the expression of joy for being truly aware of it!
My message today is simple.
Waste no more time fighting your emotions or clinging to them. If you’re angry be so, then let it go and move on. If you’re sad express it and focus on the positive for it is there. If you’re full of fear confront it by realizing that most of your fears have never come true outside your imagination and that you’ve never been able to not handle every challenge you’ve encountered thus far. Do not succumb to jealous impulses for they do not serve you.
Happiness however, is a dish best served now!
Remember to and focus on laughing. Laugh hard and laugh often.
Remember to take a deep breath and look around, I assure you something is happening.
Are you paying attention? Remember that we’re not dying from the moment we’re born, we’re living! You only start dying when you fail to live in the moment!
Be well!
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