01/13/2026
On this ride through life, I have been labeled a lot of things. A “cryer” is certainly one of them. “Too much” is another one!
A wise person finally told me that “Feelings aren’t reality, they will pass.”
In my younger years, I definitely thought they were EVERYTHING. They drove the car. I mislabeled them as passion, intuition, and lessons. They can be all of those things, but now I know they are often not.
I sit with them. I let them wave through me. I spend time just allowing them without analyzing them, as best as I can. I don’t respond to them or act on them right away. They are, in fact, like children. They are here to teach me and give me messages. But the first thoughts inside of my feelings are not often the most important ones.
Obsession often leads to compulsion and I choose to not live a compulsive life.
Is it ok to be spontaneous? Yes. But spontaneity and compulsion are two different things.
One is fun and spirit-filled and the other is driven by a need to be comforted right away. Compulsion is to reach for, too often, something not good for me.
Compulsion is driven by a feeling of discomfort, which is just a temporary feeling. If it becomes pervasive, I need to pray more to my higher power and ask what the source is. The source is usually from my own mind and the wrong thinking that I have any control of the world around me.
