“The Four-A Approach to Handling Emotions and Everything Else”
Today’s blog post is brought to you by the letter “A”!
A friend of mine and I were talking about handling anger. He made some very helpful observations. Between the two of us, I have come up with an interesting way of handling anger and other emotions—or anything else, for that matter. It may or may not be original. However, it might be helpful, and helpful is so much more important than original.
So, here is my Four-A Approach to Handling Anger, Other Emotions, and Whatever Else.
A-1: AWARENESS.
Be aware of what you are feeling and what is happening within and around you. Slow down, and become increasingly aware of what might be underlying what is happening within you and around you.
A-2: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Acknowledge to God, to yourself, and to another human being what you are feeling and what is happening within and around you. This will help you to become even more aware.
A-3: ACCOUNTABILITY.
Make yourself accountable to at least one other human being. This should be someone who accepts you as you are, but doesn’t put up with any crap.
A-4: ACTION.
People are made for action. However, it needs to be purposeful action, and the purpose needs to be a good purpose. What good, purposeful action are you and I going to take to manage and appropriately express our feelings, thoughts, words, and actions today?
Of course, none of these words that start with the letter “A” is easy. For example, just try being aware for one day or one hour. It ain’t easy! However, I suspect they might work.
I think I’ll try practicing these things, and find out!
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