Emotion: The Ultimate Delay

It requires much attention and patience to return to the focus of becoming the person you want to be, which is hopefully the best you can be. Not only does remaining focused on that objective help you, but it improves your relationship as well. It keeps things flowing smoothly between you and your partners, rather than rocky and full of disturbances. Many of our painful discourses come about due to taking a situation personally. We fail to realize the other person’s feelings, and thus tend to take things on a personal level. Sometimes the stupidest arguments are due to a lack of remembrance. When I forget that I am loved, it is then that I allow emotions to come in between. But thankfully that moment passes and then I am back on track. Not to mention, it helps when our partner goes with the flow, and allows our change, without clinging. Ever grateful for that! Our automatic tendency is to dwell on our feelings, rather than allowing the emotion to step in and pass. We step on a rock, and it is like if we don’t stop and dwell in the pain caused, we feel incomplete. That painful moment takes the entire day to get past, and by the time we pass it, we have wasted so much energy that there is little left to use on our journey, forcing us to give up and resume our travels the next day. When confronted with a situation where you find that it turns back to you, recognize you have peace inside which you may not be able to feel at that moment but you have felt some other moment, and you are loved even though you may not feel it in that exact moment; proceed from there. It may take a bit, but remind yourself not to waste too much energy on your emotions, so that it can be used on more productive things. Remind yourself that you have been through these moments before and they passed. Remind yourself that the less you linger on it, the faster you can get back on your track.