Name It!

"What looks like weakness is actually where your strength lies.

And what looks like strength is often weakness, and attempt

to cover up fear."

Jon Kabat-Zinn

If we are aware of ourselves, we can early detect when we are upset.  Then we have choices as to how to react.  We can push the uneasiness down, burying it in our busyness or we can identify the feeling and trace it back.  Was it with me when I woke up?  Did I get off balance at work? Has a friend irritated me?

If we take the time to identify the actual feeling, and then trace it, we are more apt to learn and then let go.  This is a very short process that can grow into a healing tool assisting us in navigating smoothly through life itself.

When I am venting to my daughter, she tells me to  name it.  So I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and look beneath my complaints to give a name to the fear or pain triggering me.  Once I have reduced the drama to one segment, it is easier for me to see not only the problem, but also the resolve.