Anger is such a tricky thing...justifiable in the face of atrocities...and we have many to confront these days. Having overcome anger as my baseline emotion, I can safely say there is a big difference between defining myself as "angry" and allowing anger to move through me when it's absolutely the corresponding emotion to the circumstance. The difference between the two is attachment. Oh and yes, I fall into that psychology category you mentioned 😉, but I wanted to just take a moment to honor the struggle and perhaps help reframe the narrative. 💗
In this moment, I think this is my favorite thing you've written....which is saying something because you slay with words. But this took you off a page or screen and sat you right down here with me like a friend speaking their truth and it just felt simple, right, and real. I just nodded a hundred times saying "me too!" and where you speak Autism I speak ADHD and our spectrums wink at each other in empathetic understanding. I seriously just want to give you a high five and big smile and a tearful hug. All that frustration and all those breaths are the human things about us in this crazy time that our Divine selves have shown up to do "life." And it's all so relatable. But the growth part.... that's where the choice lies and choosing it reveals your gold every time. So here we humans are, all choosing to grow together. It's a precious thing to witness every time.
Wow Melyssa, this means so much. Did you listen to it, rather than read it? It may make it even more personal if you hear me being an idiot and trying to verbalize it :) I'll take your high five, and return it in kind :) I love ya.
I am so much a reader that I sometimes choose text over audio even when choosing both (my kids yelling in the background have a lot to do with it too😂) All of that to say that when I posted before, I'd just read the words. But now, taking a needed break at work to breathe through some frustration (Ha!) I just listened as I sipped my coffee and yeah....it was even more that.
So I just discovered podcasts as a thing this year (I'm a late bloomer for tech 🤷) and they're quickly becoming my "commute self care" so I think it's high time to add yours to the rotation!
Thank you. Those two words seem so very inadequate but they are also so very meant. Your writing...your vulnerability and willingness to share it with this community leaves me speechless sometimes (today being one of them). So...thank you Tyler.
*sitting here, coffee in my lap, trying to figure how to tell Tyler how that made me feel , speechless , tears in my eyes
Tyler, thank you!
Thank you for letting us see you and giving us space to be seen and handle this Anger-fire together .
I love ya Robyn. Thank you for this, and for being here, always.
Anger is such a tricky thing...justifiable in the face of atrocities...and we have many to confront these days. Having overcome anger as my baseline emotion, I can safely say there is a big difference between defining myself as "angry" and allowing anger to move through me when it's absolutely the corresponding emotion to the circumstance. The difference between the two is attachment. Oh and yes, I fall into that psychology category you mentioned 😉, but I wanted to just take a moment to honor the struggle and perhaps help reframe the narrative. 💗
I totally agree with this. You're amazing. Thank you for this.
In this moment, I think this is my favorite thing you've written....which is saying something because you slay with words. But this took you off a page or screen and sat you right down here with me like a friend speaking their truth and it just felt simple, right, and real. I just nodded a hundred times saying "me too!" and where you speak Autism I speak ADHD and our spectrums wink at each other in empathetic understanding. I seriously just want to give you a high five and big smile and a tearful hug. All that frustration and all those breaths are the human things about us in this crazy time that our Divine selves have shown up to do "life." And it's all so relatable. But the growth part.... that's where the choice lies and choosing it reveals your gold every time. So here we humans are, all choosing to grow together. It's a precious thing to witness every time.
Wow Melyssa, this means so much. Did you listen to it, rather than read it? It may make it even more personal if you hear me being an idiot and trying to verbalize it :) I'll take your high five, and return it in kind :) I love ya.
I am so much a reader that I sometimes choose text over audio even when choosing both (my kids yelling in the background have a lot to do with it too😂) All of that to say that when I posted before, I'd just read the words. But now, taking a needed break at work to breathe through some frustration (Ha!) I just listened as I sipped my coffee and yeah....it was even more that.
So I just discovered podcasts as a thing this year (I'm a late bloomer for tech 🤷) and they're quickly becoming my "commute self care" so I think it's high time to add yours to the rotation!
You have me Googling some of the Buddhism I've forgotten. Thank you! Now where did I put my pocket Dhammapada?
AHH I love this.
Thank you. Those two words seem so very inadequate but they are also so very meant. Your writing...your vulnerability and willingness to share it with this community leaves me speechless sometimes (today being one of them). So...thank you Tyler.