Emotional Awareness

Emotional Awareness is knowing what you are feeling and labeling it through descriptive words.  Sometimes we have a feeling and aren't actually aware of what we are feeling. I have experienced this with anger,  I have always had an underlining thread of anger I just hadn't recognized it as anger.  It was so much a part of how I was feeling and being I hadn't even noticed it. I'm not talking about the quick anger you feel with outbursts or conflicts,  this is a normal human reaction in certain situations.

I'm talking about a slight feeling, touch of anger that underlines all parts of yourself. Who you show up as, how you view yourself and others, how you respond to your circumstances,  how you respond to your own thoughts, how your respond with others... it is in all aspects of your life.

Through my journey of transcending... I became aware of this thread of anger,  and choose to respond and watch it instead of reacting to it. I took notice,  the fine thread of anger was running in all the parts of my life.  As I looked at my anger and learned more about it I could be at choice to see it another way.  Simple but not always an easy task to achieve, despite that it starts with baby steps. Always evolving, learning from the unmanageable anger that slips out and allowing it without judgment. Noticing more and becoming a witness to it with unconditional acceptance generates a space for emotional awareness to expand.



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