Sunday, January 3, 2010

Day 3: Action and Reaction

It is amazing the emotional impact that the actions of others and ourselves can have on our progression. I wonder what changes occur inside our minds and bodies that cause us to experience these different moods: sadness, anger, pain, etc. What is it that causes the sensations of pain to target around our heart? Are the sensations of physical pain actually true physical pains or are they only psychological pains?

In either case, maybe the way to remove these “pains” would be best done by replacing them with things opposite to that of pain: happiness, joy, laughter, etc. The hard part about making these physical and internal changes is that something has to be done in order for a change to occur. Once an action has occurred that would cause pain, it is very easy for us to sit back and let the pain continue to eat at us. But if we can and will not allow ourselves to remain stagnant and continue with our lives, then change is very possible.

There are things that we can change and there are things that we have to accept and learn from as we can. Whether these consequences of pain are actual physical pains or psychological pains is not the most important thing, it is whether we are going to stay in these “pains” or if we are going to focus on an escape plan to change what we can.

“The key to change… is to let go of fear.” – Rosanne Cash

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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