Just because I didn't have a huge reaction to thinks on the surface doesn't mean that deep down inside I didn't make a choice. Even though you didn't get to see me put on some display, it doesn't mean that there won't be consequences to your actions.
When I was very young, I was completely out of control in regards to my emotions. I would explode at everything and I was about the closest thing you could get to a living lightning storm. Everything about me was a living stress reaction to what was happening in life and I didn't have any control over it.
As I grew older, I got quieter. I stopped talking as much and became more and more aware of what was going on around me. I became an observer instead of someone who was running around with no ability to engage in self-reflection.
And because I did all of this, I learned some very important lessons about life.
Not everything needs some sort of big reaction.
A display. A fight. A grand gesture. Words exchanged.
You don't always have to have some big action that is designed to be a counter reaction to life.
And as I would soon find out, there's a great amount of strength in being graceful under pressure. Instead of resisting everything, you have to go with it and be more fluid.
But there's something else I learned all of those years later.
It was the power of action beneath the surface. What I mean by that is just because you didn't make a grand display of something doesn't mean that you didn't make decisions in that moment that weren't available to the naked eye.
You can act in silence.
Patiently.
You can be calm.
Because if you know what is good for your heart and your soul, you will learn that exploding and losing control is only going to harm you in the long run.
And most of all, I refuse to embarrass you and lose myself along the way.
Because of course you could raise all hell, but is that really going to be the best thing for you? Probably not.
It's time to try a different approach.
When I was very young, I was completely out of control in regards to my emotions. I would explode at everything and I was about the closest thing you could get to a living lightning storm. Everything about me was a living stress reaction to what was happening in life and I didn't have any control over it.
As I grew older, I got quieter. I stopped talking as much and became more and more aware of what was going on around me. I became an observer instead of someone who was running around with no ability to engage in self-reflection.
And because I did all of this, I learned some very important lessons about life.
Not everything needs some sort of big reaction.
A display. A fight. A grand gesture. Words exchanged.
You don't always have to have some big action that is designed to be a counter reaction to life.
And as I would soon find out, there's a great amount of strength in being graceful under pressure. Instead of resisting everything, you have to go with it and be more fluid.
But there's something else I learned all of those years later.
It was the power of action beneath the surface. What I mean by that is just because you didn't make a grand display of something doesn't mean that you didn't make decisions in that moment that weren't available to the naked eye.
You can act in silence.
Patiently.
You can be calm.
Because if you know what is good for your heart and your soul, you will learn that exploding and losing control is only going to harm you in the long run.
And most of all, I refuse to embarrass you and lose myself along the way.
Because of course you could raise all hell, but is that really going to be the best thing for you? Probably not.
It's time to try a different approach.
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