Käyttäjä:SalvadorPatterson710
Emotional destinations are milestones around the pilgrimage of life. Some are great, like arriving at a settling beachside retreat, however, many are tumultuous, like instances of loss, the misinterpretations of life events, or other encounters of the unexpected.
Some emotions are from the tumultuous variety, and are at times of no benefit to us.
Handling the self in the emotional frame is a task we are all given. It is a God-anointed task which makes us feel exhilarated at times. Sometimes we are able to seriously question whether we even belong here.
There are two broad tasks in the realm of interacting wisely with this emotions: 1) allowing the emotions to arrive; and, 2) letting them remain if they are safe and ensuring they leave if they're unsafe.
WHEN EMOTIONS ARRIVE
Past the many forms and practices of denial, when we feel too overwhelmed or we're unaware, for example, we've the task of allowing our emotions space to reach; for assimilation, to see what they present on face value.
As it requires a good degree of courage in accepting the negative emotions, our courage to manage our fears is rewarded handsomely. We start to eventually see ourselves from a fairer perspective.
Receiving our emotions because they arrive is the skill of plain honest sight; to accept incoming body of knowledge as it presents. It is best that when we open ourselves emotionally, that people also grace ourselves using the resources essential to support ourselves. Only we can know if we have the time to look after certain emotions.
The following skill is discernment-to ensure we retain what is good and worthy of further processing and reflection, and to reject what can be classified as 'the devil trying to obtain a foothold'.
DISCERNMENT IN THE RETENTION/REJECTION OF EMOTIONS
The step of allowing the sentiments to reach is all about honesty and courage - the faith to venture on the true pilgrimage from the emotions. Character is needed.
At some point we have to adjudicate for the emotions. For this step we need a lot more than character - we have to delve into our capacities of discernment.
This is not easy. We'll make mistakes. But the general guide is a good versus bad test.
Does the emotion lead us to some bad place of its own, or can we grow from venturing in it a little? Will going there make us stronger or weaker? Will going there lead us to God or away? Will going there involve faith or foolishness?
