Fighting out of the red
corner, Emotion and fighting out of the blue corner, Logic. These two fighters regularly engage in some
level of battle. One time emotion wins,
then logic wins, and then other times, they fight to a draw. There are also the instances where the fight
goes on with no obvious end in sight and they both shut down. The latter is very unhealthy.
My emotions and logic fight
on a regular basis, sometimes daily. I can know in my head that certain things
are wrong and not good for me, but the emotions just won’t let it go. That’s when I know I need to get the head and
heart connected. My tools of choice are
journaling and writing daily thoughts. My journaling comes in two forms:
gratitude journaling and raw emotion with no filter journaling. The other side
of the coin is my daily thoughts writing.
Those works are the logical side with an amount of balance and a message
of some sort. I find that putting the feelings to paper lets my heart
acknowledge the feelings and their place, and seeing the words on paper allows
my head to validate said feelings and hopefully apply some logic. Sometimes it can take days to get them synced
up, but I know I have to continue on with process in order to stay out of the
swirling vortex of suck known as emotional turmoil, anger, frustration, anxiety,
and even some depression.
In my 54 years, I’ve learned
the battle between emotion and logic will always exist in my life, but I strive
to see the positive in the battles. On
the emotion side, I at least know how to feel, and on the logic side, I at
least now have the tools to work through the battle and strive for an outcome
that allows me to be the winner.
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