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“Reason guides but a small part of man, and that the least interesting. The rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.”

JOSEPH ROUX

Until recently, we thought of ourselves as emotionally fragile. We were highly sensitive individuals, easily upset by difficult people and unexpected situations. Not surprisingly, the turmoil we created within ourselves was often far worse than the outside events that set us off.

But now, thankfully, we’ve begun to react and respond quite differently. We’ve learned that negative thoughts and feelings can harm us only if we allow them to do so. We’ve discovered that potentially destructive attitudes and reactions affect us only if we become attached to them. These days when we notice negative thoughts and ideas entering our mind, we let them flow through rather than dwell on them.

We have also found that we can calm our minds and emotions with spirituality. We have come to believe that God’s peace can help us respond with equanimity and poise to events and circumstances that in the past would have caused us great distress.

We are still sensitive, positively so, but we have found ways to govern our thoughts and feelings and remain serene.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

I own my feelings; they do not own me.