Epistle for Monday: Turning Taps
Aug. 25th, 2008 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mlerulesSo, I was just imagining feelings/emotions as faucets. Turning them on and off. Sometimes they drip. Initial reaction of this metaphor = negative connotation. Somehow I've gotten it into my mind that emotions shouldn't be bottled up, suppressed, pushed down, ignored. Yet something I've realized (particularly after reading journal entries from a quarter-century-plus ago) is that I needn't let my emotions carry me too far.
Sigh. Yet again balance comes into play. "POO!" I SAY. Fark the Golden Mean (um, the Do Unto Others thingie is fine, I more mean living stoically is right out). Sigh. No. That's not it either. Overwhelm's good when it's good, not when it's bad. SO, I quell the negative emotions, turn off the tap, yet try to learn from 'em first.
Accept, observe, consider. What's the worst that's likely to happen? ...
Sigh. Yet again balance comes into play. "POO!" I SAY. Fark the Golden Mean (um, the Do Unto Others thingie is fine, I more mean living stoically is right out). Sigh. No. That's not it either. Overwhelm's good when it's good, not when it's bad. SO, I quell the negative emotions, turn off the tap, yet try to learn from 'em first.
Accept, observe, consider. What's the worst that's likely to happen? ...
