Emotion is ... a cliff hanger
When you don't see it coming to claim it's right to switch off logic, it has the power to throw the brain off balance ...
If you ask, Annie, what is the most important piece of knowledge that your think tank has absorbed, concerning emotion—thus far—I'd offer up this fact: Emotion makes up a huge portion of each person's brain—for sound reason ...
Next, if you asked what that reason may be, I'll reply ... Attempting to dismiss emotion in hopes of gaining insight into the bigger picture of what constitutes deeper truth into the human condition closes one's mind to understanding and resolving life's conundrums. At those times when I walked in tandum with 'the shoulds' that commanded me to close the door on my spirit's natural emotional needs in hopes of establishing a safely organized environment for everyone I loved, no one was more shocked than me to watch my whole self experience a dispirited life. After following the path of 'the shoulds', thinking I was on that path for sound reason, and finding myself swinging for the fences and missing the ball twice, I'll not allow 'the shoulds' to back my high spirited think tank against a wall where one half of my brain causes the other half to swing and miss and strike out. As mentioned, been there, done that, twice ... and both times I'd failed to listen to the spirit of Socrates hovering close, whispering sagely down through the ages in hopes of cautioning me to know all of myself if I hoped to free my spirit to thrive.
If you believe life's challenging problems can be solved logically by pushing the emotional needs of your spirit voice aside then, one day, you may look back with regret, as all too many do, who fail to recognize opportunity offering the pleasures of out-of-the-ordinary experiences that create a well balanced approach to accepting both sides of oneself as a whole.
In short the spirit guide, which lives and breathes within each of us, whispers of all we crave in hopes of one's sense of conscience directing our minds to choose wisely in order to experience healthy portions of what we crave, thus offering us opportunities to choose thriving over surviving the mundane, again and again ...
As you, who have come to know me, may imagine, today's post is expressing my spirit's need to balance emotion with logic while the whole of my mind works toward brainstorming a workable solution to a conundrum grown too complex for words. And during this period of necessary brainstorming, my think tank has excavated experiences that proved unsuccessful as a result of my adhering to 'shoulds' until 'thinking for myself' had reason to speak vlolumes of deeper truth to me.
Heaven knows it's much easier to write a post in which hindsight, acting like a crystal ball, spotlights insights flowing freely right as rain, washing dust clouds out of my mind until past events emerge from memory with attention to detail, offering me a sense of clarity as never before ... as in ... oh my gosh ... so this is what started the ball rolling, and then that led to this, which led to that, which led to this, which brought me to this place of confusion where intuition into what I need to thrive clarifies, and with insight into both sides of my mind, deeper truth simplifies the complex nature of my solution seeking thought process, which my spirit's life force has been whispering into my ear, all along!
Today, upon identifying a 'should', which denies my spirit the freedom needed to explore an experience which proves essential to my personal growth, my sixth sense, aroused by basic instinct, feels the need to roar—This is my life—And I'll live it, discretely on the edge rather than allowing the bell shaped curve, closing in from all sides, to smother my natural needs within the narrow dictates of what others deem a well ordered life.
Once my unmet needs make themselves known to me, no one's narrow scope shall define what my spirit needs to thrive.
Each time opportunity offers my spirit a chance to dive deep enough into my mind to identify the narrow scope of yet another limited mindset, concerning, that which had been missing from my well ordered life, I experience growing pains until soul searching offers me insight into my need to gain the freedom to accept responsibility for identifying personal needs, thus leading me to create a balance between emotion and logic, resulting in my bending hard fast rules.
Each time I respect the needs of others while offering my spirit clearance to thrive amidst life's beauties and bounties, my sense of giving and forgiving expand even more than ever before. And in this way does creating balance within the self lead to embracing attitudes of win-win.
As long as self trust serves as my trusty guide, the only group who dictates directives at character traits, which comprise both sides of my whole, go by the names of—Me, Myself and I—And that, my friends, speaks of existential truth as seen by the soul searching spirit of a woman, who for sound reason, chooses to call herself Annie while penning this daily account of all that inspires my mind to experience every growing pain while I gain insight upon insight into achieving ownership over my life ...
As it's not an easy feat to balance logic and emotion while resolving current conundrums, I tend to wrack my brain to consider every puzzling piece of a bigger picture that escapes my comprehension—until clarity shoots out of my brain on an insight as quick as one of the Lone Ranger's silver bullets zings through the air, separating that which feels right from wrong.
If fear is meant to be conquered by courage and humility then this may be a good time to reflect over my own train of thought, penned in post 653, titled CYCLING FROM DARK TO LIGHT, which, if you choose to cycle back with me, had been written on March 30, 2013 ...
BTW, I have no clue where my spirit may direct my mind, concerning what to write, tomorrow. Perhaps you'll find mindful thoughts detailing today's unexpected challenge, or perhaps the greater part of me will feel the need to experience a different dimension by penning lighted hearted fare. All I can say for certain, concerning the classic nature of the ever-changing mindsets that make up the human condition, right now, is that, just as with every other day, my spirit will serve as my self trusting guide, tomorrow ...
When you don't see it coming to claim it's right to switch off logic, it has the power to throw the brain off balance ...
If you ask, Annie, what is the most important piece of knowledge that your think tank has absorbed, concerning emotion—thus far—I'd offer up this fact: Emotion makes up a huge portion of each person's brain—for sound reason ...
Next, if you asked what that reason may be, I'll reply ... Attempting to dismiss emotion in hopes of gaining insight into the bigger picture of what constitutes deeper truth into the human condition closes one's mind to understanding and resolving life's conundrums. At those times when I walked in tandum with 'the shoulds' that commanded me to close the door on my spirit's natural emotional needs in hopes of establishing a safely organized environment for everyone I loved, no one was more shocked than me to watch my whole self experience a dispirited life. After following the path of 'the shoulds', thinking I was on that path for sound reason, and finding myself swinging for the fences and missing the ball twice, I'll not allow 'the shoulds' to back my high spirited think tank against a wall where one half of my brain causes the other half to swing and miss and strike out. As mentioned, been there, done that, twice ... and both times I'd failed to listen to the spirit of Socrates hovering close, whispering sagely down through the ages in hopes of cautioning me to know all of myself if I hoped to free my spirit to thrive.
If you believe life's challenging problems can be solved logically by pushing the emotional needs of your spirit voice aside then, one day, you may look back with regret, as all too many do, who fail to recognize opportunity offering the pleasures of out-of-the-ordinary experiences that create a well balanced approach to accepting both sides of oneself as a whole.
In short the spirit guide, which lives and breathes within each of us, whispers of all we crave in hopes of one's sense of conscience directing our minds to choose wisely in order to experience healthy portions of what we crave, thus offering us opportunities to choose thriving over surviving the mundane, again and again ...
As you, who have come to know me, may imagine, today's post is expressing my spirit's need to balance emotion with logic while the whole of my mind works toward brainstorming a workable solution to a conundrum grown too complex for words. And during this period of necessary brainstorming, my think tank has excavated experiences that proved unsuccessful as a result of my adhering to 'shoulds' until 'thinking for myself' had reason to speak vlolumes of deeper truth to me.
Heaven knows it's much easier to write a post in which hindsight, acting like a crystal ball, spotlights insights flowing freely right as rain, washing dust clouds out of my mind until past events emerge from memory with attention to detail, offering me a sense of clarity as never before ... as in ... oh my gosh ... so this is what started the ball rolling, and then that led to this, which led to that, which led to this, which brought me to this place of confusion where intuition into what I need to thrive clarifies, and with insight into both sides of my mind, deeper truth simplifies the complex nature of my solution seeking thought process, which my spirit's life force has been whispering into my ear, all along!
Today, upon identifying a 'should', which denies my spirit the freedom needed to explore an experience which proves essential to my personal growth, my sixth sense, aroused by basic instinct, feels the need to roar—This is my life—And I'll live it, discretely on the edge rather than allowing the bell shaped curve, closing in from all sides, to smother my natural needs within the narrow dictates of what others deem a well ordered life.
Once my unmet needs make themselves known to me, no one's narrow scope shall define what my spirit needs to thrive.
Each time opportunity offers my spirit a chance to dive deep enough into my mind to identify the narrow scope of yet another limited mindset, concerning, that which had been missing from my well ordered life, I experience growing pains until soul searching offers me insight into my need to gain the freedom to accept responsibility for identifying personal needs, thus leading me to create a balance between emotion and logic, resulting in my bending hard fast rules.
Each time I respect the needs of others while offering my spirit clearance to thrive amidst life's beauties and bounties, my sense of giving and forgiving expand even more than ever before. And in this way does creating balance within the self lead to embracing attitudes of win-win.
As long as self trust serves as my trusty guide, the only group who dictates directives at character traits, which comprise both sides of my whole, go by the names of—Me, Myself and I—And that, my friends, speaks of existential truth as seen by the soul searching spirit of a woman, who for sound reason, chooses to call herself Annie while penning this daily account of all that inspires my mind to experience every growing pain while I gain insight upon insight into achieving ownership over my life ...
As it's not an easy feat to balance logic and emotion while resolving current conundrums, I tend to wrack my brain to consider every puzzling piece of a bigger picture that escapes my comprehension—until clarity shoots out of my brain on an insight as quick as one of the Lone Ranger's silver bullets zings through the air, separating that which feels right from wrong.
If fear is meant to be conquered by courage and humility then this may be a good time to reflect over my own train of thought, penned in post 653, titled CYCLING FROM DARK TO LIGHT, which, if you choose to cycle back with me, had been written on March 30, 2013 ...
BTW, I have no clue where my spirit may direct my mind, concerning what to write, tomorrow. Perhaps you'll find mindful thoughts detailing today's unexpected challenge, or perhaps the greater part of me will feel the need to experience a different dimension by penning lighted hearted fare. All I can say for certain, concerning the classic nature of the ever-changing mindsets that make up the human condition, right now, is that, just as with every other day, my spirit will serve as my self trusting guide, tomorrow ...
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