“101 Simple Truths For A Better Life” Humble The Poet (22) “DON’T TRUST EVERYTHING YOU FEEL”

“We’re all unique in our own way, especially the way we react to different situations.  It’s not really a debate of nature versus nurture, but more a question of how your nature and nurture work together to create the person you are.”  Because we all have different experiences and unique wiring, it can make it extremely difficult for us to understand what we feel, why we feel it, and why no else is feeling the same thing.

I’ve had to focus more time on figuring out why I was experiencing the emotions I felt, rather than simply accepting them.  Lots of stress and anxiety comes from thinking about the future, not to mention those what if scenarios that constantly race through my head, which at the end of the day is keeping me from my maximum potential.  I can speak first hand on the amount of regret and depression that comes from dwelling in the past, numerous texts state that it’s pointless to revisit but it keeps happening daily.  We just end up wasting today focusing on yesterday, or even worse, worrying about tomorrow.  The present is all we have.

“We don’t always have the power to change our circumstances, but we can change how we feel about them.  Happiness is a feeling, not a destination.  If you rely on a circumstance or outcome to be happy, then that dependence will only grow into an addiction.  You’ll be climbing a mountain without a peak, feeling more and more hollow the higher you get.”  Understanding what triggers our emotions will put us in the drivers seat to deal with them as they come.

“We don’t always have the power to change our circumstances, but we can change how we feel about them”

Why do you feel what you feel?

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