Sunday, March 24, 2013

Self-immolation -- fretting's fire

So . . . go ahead, burn yourself out.  That would be lapsing into constant, frenetic fretting.  In some circles called 'worrying' -- it's generally much more than that.

Going over negative experiences and ideas, letting those thoughts circle inside your mind over and over, replaying themselves as they gain notoriety (not to mention undeserved importance) each lap; gathering dangerous speed, acquiring indignation and righteous fury all the while.  Suddenly you, the real you, the important one, is relegated to a helpless vessel of boiling anger.  Meaning -- you've lost control, and power, and you-central is all but shut down.

Lashing out, building a fallacious tower of wounds and pain, forging on, applying emotional, irrational applications to validate our perceived victim-martyr status.   What exactly is going on here?

Fretting is addictive behavior, pure and simple.  Just learn to let go and be in the present moment sans telling any lies to create adrenalin rush -- others will behave deficiently, defiantly, defectively, deceptively, and perform dastardly deeds for sure.

Effective reactions are keys to health, longevity and credibility; simply move through a crisis, look carefully at the situation, and relegate it to bad experience, which teaches its lesson - always.  If we have gathered it to us, we have just as much power to throw it away.

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