Here's a take from a slightly diff. point of view~wren
Pay attention to your emotions
"Emotions are the next frontier to be understood and conquered. To manage our emotions is not to drug them or suppress them, but to understand them so that we can intelligently direct our emotional energies and intentions.... It's time for human beings to grow up emotionally, to mature into emotionally managed and responsible citizens. No magic pill will do it."
-- Doc Childre
Many of us believe that we need to keep a tight lid on our emotions. We fear that if we ever allow these emotions to be expressed, they will do serious damage.
But if we summon up the courage to truly feel our emotions, we discover that they don't last. The monster in the closet turns out to be a pussycat. In fact, if we are willing to experience our emotions completely, without resistance of any kind, they burn themselves out in only a few minutes.
The only thing that keeps emotions alive within you over long periods is your unwillingness to acknowledge them.
"By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it."
-- Joseph Collins
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i found god in myself/and I loved her/i loved her fiercely--Ntozake Shange
I was having a conversation a while ago about how to deal with this emotions stuff with another member! Kind of came to the conclusion that a frontal lebotomy would take care of this and the alcoholism in one fell swoop!
What a concept! I've heard they have come a long way in the medical field lately.
Science may accomplish this one day but it hasn't done so yet. -- Quote from More About Alcoholism.
No magic pills in my future. Guess I better keep working on the steps!
I have only merely scratched the surface in feeling my emotions. But what I am able to feel today is something to embrace. I truly am falling in love with my feelings; the fear, the greiving, the joy, the compassion, the hope.
All these things make a very very special 'me'. I am enjoying being fully alive in all respects. I do not run away from pain. I recognize its beauty and its value. Even the pain itself paves the way for deeper joy and communion with my Higher Power. The joy and exuberence send all kinds of good 'natural chemicals' rushing around my brain, and they wonderfully invade my spirit. I am so enjoying being, as you have reminded me so many times here on MIP, "A spiritual being having a human experience".
Kind of came to the conclusion that a frontal lebotomy would take care of this and the alcoholism in one fell swoop!
