Wednesday, October 8, 2014

taking things personally

By the time I finish this post, it will close onto 2:00 a.m.  Should have been asleep for several hours.  Except, I took something personally.  I put something in the context of the past & of ancient hurts rather than seeing what was in front of me, devoid of distracting baggage. 

The incident doesn't matter.  What matters is seeing where it went off the rails.  When I experienced what happened in an immediate moment as a layered experience, with the presenting moment buried under a just - recent - ancient past. 

Lots to ponder in that.  Reframe the emotionally shredding response as if I'd just responded instead of reacting.  One thing is for sure - would have gotten off to sleep a lot sooner!

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