Let It Go

[labug]

Hey BK, caught up a bit on your life. You have come so far.

We've been here nearly the same length of time.

Earlier today I was reading a blog I return to often. I randomly select and read old posts when I need inspiration. I landed on this today and as I was reading some of your last thread, it came to my mind again:

"We will begin to feel and will come to know the vastness of our emotions, but we will not be slaves to them."

Detachment has allowed me to have mastery of my emotions, instead of being a slave to them. It's a much calmer life. I have compassion for other people, when they are slaves to their own emotions and acting badly. I don't judge them for it, because I recall all too well what it was like to be in that place, but I also don't take responsibility for anyone else's anger today - I don't make anyone angry, just as nobody makes me angry. Anger often comes from the stories we tell ourselves about how the other person should be acting. Expectations create resentment. Resentment creates anger. Anger is a terrible master; I was a furiously angry person for the first 40 years of my life.
~TAAF

I wish you a calm life full of love.