Even though I didn't make some big display of what happened on the surface, it doesn't mean that I didn't make choices deep down inside about what to do. Even though you didn't see my choices, it doesn't mean that there won't be consequences.
When I was little, my emotions were out of control. I would always explode and I was pretty close to a living tornado. Everything inside of me was a stress reaction to everything that was happening outside in the world.
As I grew older, I got quieter. I stopped talking as much and became more and more aware of what was going on around me. I became an observer instead of someone who was running around with no ability to engage in self-reflection.
And from all of this, I learned something very important about life.
There doesn't need to be some big reaction for everything.
Not everything has to have a big fight surrounding it or a huge display of energy.
There isn't always a need for large reactions to things that are happening in life.
I found out that there's a great deal of strength in having grace under pressure and being fluid instead of rigid. Life isn't as much about what happens to you but rather how you decide to act after it has all happened.
But there's something else I learned all of those years later.
It was for others to never mistake my ability to keep myself calm under pressure in the face of someone else losing their own character to be inaction on my part.
You can act...quietly.
You can be kind and gentle with your touch.
You can be ever so calm.
Because I value myself and know what's good for my heart. I know that exploding and losing control of myself is only going to harm me in the end.
And most of all, I refuse to embarrass you and lose myself along the way.
Because I could raise hell, but I won't. I'm looking out for me, and I'm looking out for you at the same time.
Time to try on a different way.
When I was little, my emotions were out of control. I would always explode and I was pretty close to a living tornado. Everything inside of me was a stress reaction to everything that was happening outside in the world.
As I grew older, I got quieter. I stopped talking as much and became more and more aware of what was going on around me. I became an observer instead of someone who was running around with no ability to engage in self-reflection.
And from all of this, I learned something very important about life.
There doesn't need to be some big reaction for everything.
Not everything has to have a big fight surrounding it or a huge display of energy.
There isn't always a need for large reactions to things that are happening in life.
I found out that there's a great deal of strength in having grace under pressure and being fluid instead of rigid. Life isn't as much about what happens to you but rather how you decide to act after it has all happened.
But there's something else I learned all of those years later.
It was for others to never mistake my ability to keep myself calm under pressure in the face of someone else losing their own character to be inaction on my part.
You can act...quietly.
You can be kind and gentle with your touch.
You can be ever so calm.
Because I value myself and know what's good for my heart. I know that exploding and losing control of myself is only going to harm me in the end.
And most of all, I refuse to embarrass you and lose myself along the way.
Because I could raise hell, but I won't. I'm looking out for me, and I'm looking out for you at the same time.
Time to try on a different way.
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