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Being Mindful of Our Thoughts & Feelings
Whether good or bad, our thoughts and feelings make us who we are
Being mindful of our feelings does not mean we won’t experience bad ones.
It is an inevitable part of human nature that you will have bad feelings. Why? Because that’s part of life.
No matter how much we strive for contentment and joyfulness, we are going to experience negatives. We will get dumped, lose jobs, lose friends and loved ones to arguments, accidents, even death. It won’t matter, we are going to wind up feeling bad.
When we are aware of this, and working to be mindful, we are better equipped to not just cope with this experience, but to move past it.
The only thing you and I can control is our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Everything else is truly beyond our control, no matter how it may appear. Part of this is because the notion of control is partially an illusion, but also control is limited to ourselves.
Things we do can influence other people. But even when they cede control over to another, it will not last. It might not last because the other people realize they do not desire to be controlled…or someone else with another idea or more so-called power takes control.
