Feelings
by Margaret Ann Lembo
Do we allow ourselves to truly feel our feelings? Are we burying our ability to feel anything with the busy days and nights we create? Do we ignore the feeling and thoughts that come up?
Each and every one of us has a myriad of emotions and feelings everyday. Some are more trivial, relatively speaking, and other feelings are strong emotions that we should examine and deal with. Now, although “shoulding” on oneself is not highly recommended, we can soften that “should” into something we might want to consider exploring for our own spiritual, mental and emotional growth. If we constantly ignore our feelings, we manifest stress, disease and free floating anxiety.
How can we deal with feelings that are within us? In many cases, we often need to stop the incessant chatter of our minds and our busy lives long enough to even recognize that we have some feelings that need to be acknowledged. This means we need to turn off the TV, step away from the computer, turn off that cell phone, and STOP! Stop and sit and be still. Focus on the breath and let it all be. For some, this may be too much and too dramatic to allow ourselves those moments. In that circumstance, grab a journal and a pen, then stop and be. In the being-ness, we can write down the incessant chatter, words and thoughts in order to clear the decks, so to speak.
Journaling our feelings is an invaluable tool to self discovery. It helps us in our process of self-observation. Often we find that we didn’t even know that a certain thing was bothering us or that a certain feeling was plaguing us under the surface until it streams out onto a page of our journal. It is better that it streams onto a page of a journal than rampant emotions being expressed vehemently onto some innocent bystander. Emotional throw-up is so embarrassing. Once we see the feeling in black and white (or whatever fun color pen you may choose to write with) it allows us the opportunity to contemplate and meditate on that feeling or emotion. As we delve into ourselves and know ourselves better, we can then grow up spiritually, mentally and emotionally. The ability to know ourselves and love ourselves with all our feelings is a freedom that creates growth. As we accept ourselves with all our feelings, we will find that others are more accepting of us.
As we become aware of things that challenge our emotional buttons, it gives us the opportunity to look at those bothersome feelings. In the observation of these issues, they begin to lose their power or pull on our emotional strings. Awareness is a true key to happiness and spiritual development. Becoming aware of what bothers us, allows us the opportunity to detach that cord of attachment. It also gives us the chance to change how we look at things. As we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. It is all up to us and our personal perspective.
We each have a Sacred Point of View. We must first know ourselves well enough to even know what our Sacred Point of View is. Once that is achieved, we must honor our own View and the Views of others. We cannot expect others to accept our Sacred Point of View until we are clear on our View and honor ourselves. This takes time to stop and listen to our own breath. It also means we must hear, sense, feel and know our own feelings and thoughts.
One of our most Sacred Relationships is the relationship that we have with ourselves. As we get to know ourselves better, honor ourselves more fully and spend enjoyable quality time with ourselves, it allows us to be a better friend, partner or lover. There are so many of us that want that loving relationship. Well, my friends, we must work on ourselves, acknowledge our feelings and grow up to gift ourselves with that perfect relationship. Relationships are mirrors of ourselves. They are offered as a gift to observe ourselves better and grow spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally.
To dance the dance of relationship, let us delve deeper into ourselves and look in the mirror. Observe the self and find out what makes us tick. As we do our personal journeying and inner work, we will find that we attract what we need to help us. Gift yourself with yourself!
May we all find the time to love ourselves more fully. May we all get to know ourselves better. May we all find our feelings, feel our feelings and love our feelings.
Love and Light,
Margaret
Margaret is the Owner of The Crystal Garden.
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