As I hard as I may try not to, I find other people's (inconvenient) emotions annoying. If it goes against rational, logical explanation and I can't explain it away, I get angry. I feel exasperated. I want to tell her/him/them to just suck it up.
If I'm removed from it, it's okay. It's sad. It's understandable. I am the picture of compassion. But if your feelings step on my toes? Rage, tears, frustration, judgment.
The suppression of emotion is so entrenched. It's not convenient to feel things all the way through and much easier on those around us if we don't.
So, along with the many other aspects of myself that I work on, accepting other people's right to feel things (regardless of their rationality) is my charge. Life is messy and imperfect. As am I.
I need a 'Let things be' tree like in the comic strip "Rose is Rose."
15:12 - Wednesday, Nov. 07, 2007
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