|
Let’s take a simpler and more common example. A spirited talk about
their child’s birthday party somehow ended up on a sour note. Mary
couldn’t figure out why John suddenly became argumentative about what
cake to buy. Later on, John admitted that cakes weren’t really that
important to him. He told her that any cake would do as long as their
child liked it. It’s just that he’s bothered by how his boss has been
treating him in the office. His boss has been criticizing everything he
decides on. John couldn’t take being opposed anymore, even with a simple
decision on what cake to buy.
Everyday, many people are held prisoners by their emotions. They let
emotions rule their lives and decide how everything would turn out. They
behave as if they have no choice but to yield to their emotions. They
let emotions use them.
If you choose to, you can
use emotions to your advantage. Instead of
letting them take over your life and ruin it too, you can use your
emotions to build you up.
The truth is that emotions have no power to control anything or anyone.
The only reason they seem to be so overwhelming is that they are usually
given power to be so. Emotions are similar to power beggars. They wait
to be given power. By themselves, they can do nothing. Once they are
given importance, they grab that opportunity and take over. Remember,
emotions can grow in power overnight.
The good news is that you can order your emotions to propriety. With the
right training, you can enforce a process that submits the emotions to a
practical will. A practical will is that which is commanded by a strong
and practical mind. If a personality has this operation, it will be a
progressively changing personality everyday. When a practical mind
decides on what behavior to manifest and how to manifest it, a healthy
personality is the result. A healthy personality is one that makes use
of its emotions, rather than letting emotions use it.
By Carl Graeber
|
