Not venting as venting

[jchrisobrien]

I did some personal writing earlier in the day, when the skies inside my head were still overcast and grey. Looking back on it later, with objectivity, I see some answers. We're up to party cloudy skies. The weather, it changes all the time. You can carry an umbrella against the weather, but when the storm is a raging, you're going to get wet.

I prefer the storms outside my head.

I used to think that all the opinions I had when I was in a bad mood were the true opinions, because in my anger or sorrow I felt I was cutting through the lies we tell ourselves and seeing the truth. Today's exercise showed me a different perspective. Anger and sorrow can force you to choose a belieft and fuel it with the passion of that emotion, but it's fueled with anger or sorrow. Neither of these are very honest perspectives.

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Storms of the mind

[flutterby369.livejournal.com]

Just doing a random thing in my boredom before I ready myself for work and popped on yours. Sorry if you feel invaded, not my intention, but yours sparked deep interest. Well written, very interesting.

True, beliefs fueled by anger and sorrow may not be true and accurate when looked upon later, but he feelings at the time are so intense that one can't help but to go with the flow. It is the ability to step back and reflect that gains true knowledge. As with everything else in the prisim of life, everything has many prosepectives. Just depends on what is going on around us that will allow us to see what the lightning shows.

[alonewiththemoon]

Anger and sorrow can force you to choose a belieft and fuel it with the passion of that emotion, but it's fueled with anger or sorrow. Neither of these are very honest perspectives.

Ah, young Jedi, begin to understand you do...

:)