Passion and Emotions
We all have a certain amount of Passion I think; for something, someone and in some way. It could be that we do not recognize it yet but I believe if we put our Passion to work in our lives; the right way of course, we become more successful at what we are trying to accomplish in our lives.
The meaning in itself is both positive and negative….not always a good thing, so therefore to do it right we must review our passions to make sure they are positive so that we can grow into the person we are meant to be.
We all have stairs to climb in our endeavor to handle our Passion in the right manner.
Passion is considered: a strong emotion, adoration, love, and strong interest.
Strong emotions: Anger is one of those and it is of course, negative if it is not controlled. If we have the strong emotion of anger, it is going to present the negative which we do not need anymore than we already have in our life. Controlling anger is probably one of the hardest emotions we need a cure for because it causes us to say things which we are later sorry for. It sometimes produces actions for which we should not do also. Anger is like hate, it can destroy whomever it is who possesses it and;
"Anger is the most impotent of passions. It affects nothing it touches and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed". "Unknown"
"For every minute you are "angry", you lose 60 seconds of happiness". "Unknown"
It has been said that Anger is a negative experience so closely related to pain and depression that it can be hard to know where one of these experiences ends and another begins. Emotions play a huge role in the experience of our pain, our disappointments and our failures and pain is associated with depression. I did not know this until now but I have learned that psychic pain of depression feeds anger. But, anger also fuels depression.
Anger can sometimes feel good, but only for that moment…you know like when someone cuts you off in traffic and you shake your finger at them when you pass…Anger is anything but inconspicuous. Sometimes anger can motivate you…When you have been handed a disappointment and somebody at work got the credit for your idea…it can motivate you to do back your ears, so to speak and prove that you will get the next credit or die. But, it can also motivate you to pass it on to others in a negative sense. Someone has made you mad, so you make someone else mad. You know, lashing out at the kids when you go home or the check clerk at the grocery store. I think we have all experienced this at one time or the other.
One of the first things to do about "Anger", is to recognize it and that can be hard to admit to ourselves. We live in a world where it is actually a taboo and sometimes it is hard to recognize, for instance one feels the physical discomfort but do not know how to call it.
Here are some pointers for controlling Anger:
Signal: it is a signal of something wrong. It is not something to just say, this will go away, it doesn't happen often….it was justified and it can be a deeper threat to you, if you allow it.
Deficiency: outburst of anger does not give you positive purpose. If you are aware that it has a negative purpose and is motivated by a deficiency of something. It helps I think to look within ourselves to see if something is hurting us or someone has hurt us and time to let it go. An example of this can be you are trying to make right a wrong someone has done to you, so you have a desire to rectify, you don't necessarily do anything but think about it and play it sometimes in your mind…..I have been there and done that…it is human but it does not make right the wrong and is only hurting you. It is then we must give up the obsession about the wrong that was done and move on. There is an old saying that I am sure you have heard; "what goes around, comes around". You may not see it but it will happen, one day, one way or the other. No one gets by with hurting, framing, cheating, lying and all these things to others forever.
I remember saying in another articles, life is sometimes unfair and this was quoted by a Psychologist. Life is not perfect but to live peacefully in this unfair life, we must work with out emotions to give us some delight in what we are doing…..God help us all!!!
Distress: it is another passion word. Sometimes we are distressed over the dog having the hiccups. We worry our self to death that is a terminal disease. Corky has a heart condition and sometimes I can let myself worry about the day he dies. He is such a wonderful little Pomeranian puppy. I have had him since 1999 and he is an angel, in my eyes and beautiful even in his old age. But, nonetheless, why worry about something that is going to happen regardless. Acceptance is the key on this one.
We get distressed about not being able to be perfect…perfectionism…Nobody is perfect, so forget it…we make our life miserable trying to be perfect. This perfection can include things such as the house, the job, the perfect mother, the perfect homemaker, the perfect stepmother/stepfather, the perfect wardrobe, and so on. Some people are just more organized that others, they are calm about what they do and they get more done because they are calm and one of the reasons some people seem to manage life so well is number one, they know that you can't be perfect so you do the best that you can do and stop worrying about it and what anyone else thinks. That does not mean to be not care about how we are visualized by others.
Positive Passion
Adoration- Love: affection, admiration, esteem, appreciate are a few words which gives us some meanings…sometimes our adoration turns into love and sometimes love turns into a love that is love me or die and that in itself is not healthy. But for the most part we all adore someone or something. I love my dog, I love my child, and I love my husband. You see who I put first…Oh, I am only kidding! When we love with all of our heart it can sometimes give us pain. Love sometimes hurts…I think we have all hurt at one time or the other from loving someone or something…Most of the time if it is a healthy love, it brings us pleasure, joy and fulfillment.
A lot of people love their job. They are successful because they spend a lot of valuable time expressing their love for their job by working harder, more hours and strive for excellence, nothing else is acceptable. So they make more money, have a title and feel good about themselves.
A Drive: Strong interest…is also a drive…for instance the person who loves their job has a drive to perform with enthusiasm and when one has enthusiasm about something, it usually gets done.
Devotion: adherence to something. Dedication- we are devoted and dedicated to making our family life enjoyable and comfortable. We work so they have the appropriate and necessary elements to make life good. We are dedicated to preparing our family meals in an enjoyable fashion and with food that they love. We do not dare serve something they hate to eat…we have learned, because it is wasted and money burned…. We are devoted and dedicated to making sure our older parents are happy and stress free because they have given us so many blessing through the years and taught us our values.
I can't address everything in this one article, it would be impossible, so this is some of what is important to us concerning our Passions and Emotions. I sincerely believe that we must search within our lives to find the positive and eliminate the negative and in so doing we will create comfort, happiness, health, peace and success.
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Hi, yes I think we all have to much anger these days you see it all the time. Frustration in traffic on our roads, and just every day someone lets their tempers get the better of them. Great article.
Thank you for reading and I hope this helps us all....for it does nothing but frustrate us more when we let it all go....really
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