It\u2019s human, and part of the menu.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not bad, or something to be ashamed of.<\/p>\n
But what if you don\u2019t like it?<\/p>\n
What if you consider being angry to be a waste of time, a way to fuck up things that don\u2019t have to be fucked up, and to create situations where you hurt people?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what I have seen, very, very clearly.<\/p>\n
Because the essential question is (at least mine): who do you want to be in life?<\/p>\n
Where do you want to come from?<\/p>\n
What do you want to be your home base?<\/p>\n
I have never really thought about those things, until recently.<\/p>\n
And I\u2019ve come to this conclusion:<\/p>\n
I want to be loving, extremely loving, deeply loving.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Towards myself, and towards anybody else.<\/p>\n
Now I don\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n
I am allowed to hate people, to feel the heat of rage and the wish to fuck them up, to be jealous, vengeful, critical, aggressive, dominant, whatever.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all there to be experienced.<\/p>\n
But I don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n
I just don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Not because it is bad or nonspiritual (if that even exists), not because I am in denial and try to avoid confrontation (I did the therapy), but because life has shown me over and over that this is the way to go, for me.<\/p>\n
For me.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n
I am still full or reactivity, habits, strong automatic behavior.<\/p>\n
And that is EXACTLY why it is so important to follow the path of love, and surrender, and patience.<\/p>\n
Patience.<\/p>\n
Consideration.<\/p>\n
Stillness.<\/p>\n
Peacefulness.<\/p>\n
Because it will make everything way simpler, eventually.<\/p>\n
Because it will leave me with one choice, again and again and again:<\/p>\n
To love.<\/p>\n
Which means I don\u2019t have to recuperate, apologize, mend, or get down on my knees and beg (things that are totally fine by itself, I know, I know).<\/p>\n
And by doing so, by practicing patience and empathy and more patience and biting my tongue, and waiting for the dark mist of righteousness to fade away, I feel better.<\/p>\n
I live better.<\/p>\n
Less heavy.<\/p>\n
Less conflicted.<\/p>\n
Less confused.<\/p>\n
Better.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
(Photo by @heathermedwards, for Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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