Do you or someone you know feel that because a certain number of years have been lived, we should handle on our emotions perfectly well? Many of us feel that as we age, we should have a better grip on our emotions than we did when we were younger. While experience helps us to handle our emotions better and faster most of the time, it does not mean we do so all of the time.
As we get older, we don't always handle our emotions as well as we think we should. And you know what?! It's OKAY!!!
As we live another moment, day, week, or year, we continue to grow as a result of new experiences and encounters. Sometimes we handle these new experiences and encounters with perfect aplomb; other times we might temporarily lose our composure.
Earlier, I briefly felt quite frustrated. I was floating along thinking positive thoughts and doing what I needed to do with great ease and poise. Then suddenly I encountered a situation that left me in tears. Luckily, this lasted in private for only about two minutes (if even that long), but the point is that my feelings of frustration caused me to feel emotionally upset. I'm sharing this because while it's easy to think that as we age we should be better at handling life's circumstances, we are still spiritual beings dealing with the human realm of things.
If we did not have more learning or growing to do, we would be on the next plane of existence wherever that may be, and not here on Earth. When we encounter a situation that ruffles our emotions, there is most likely something to learn. Once we learn what that is, we grow from it.
So Dear Readers, give yourselves a break. Just because we reach a certain number of years does not mean we get a pass from dealing with new (or old) circumstances that cause us to learn and grow.
I hope this post helps you or someone you know take it easy the next time they feel frustrated when they normally feel poised and ready for anything.
Best wishes for our (yours and mine) optimal quality of life,
Kaja Green-Tovar
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