“Every time I get an email from him, it triggers me.”
“I only have to see her on the invite list and my heart sinks.”
“He is so f***ing annoying.”
Oh dear, how easy it is for us all to allow others people and events to determine our emotional reaction.
“This is going to be difficult.”
“It can’t be done.”
“We don’t need to worry about that.”
Says who? Don’t we just love to regurgitate the thoughts of others expressed as facts as if it were our own thinking. Even better, we just pass it on down the line like Chinese whispers.
STOP IT! DON’T DO IT!
Why are you still allowing others to do your thinking for you? Do you own.
Why are you still allowing others to determine your emotions? Decide that for yourself.
Easier said than done, especially with the emotions. I wonder what proportion of your day is spent with your own thoughts and feelings, under your control rather than something external.
As mentioned before, events and people do not determine our experience of life, our reaction to people and events does.
The sooner you determine that you are going to adopt and independent mind and heart, the sooner you will be fit to engage with other independent minds and hearts.
Think about it. Wouldn’t that feel better to you?
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