Authentic. Showing Up. Living Life. Striving.

Doing versus being. This conflict has been brought to my attention often recently. One of my amazing yoga teachers, Doug Johnson, has also been talking about this conflict and I thought I'd add my two cents to it.  I personally feel that our society is caught up in "doing." We numb with busyness. How much, how fast, and how successful we can describe ourselves has become the norm for how we define ourselves.  It's not enough our kids are in 2 sports and AP classes, they have excel in every single aspect of their lives! Do do do! I know I have been EXTRMELY guilty of numbing with being busy. I've often worked multiple jobs and been lucky to have 1 day off a week. Why? What for? What am I really trying to accomplish?  I decided that I would like to focus on "being" after trauma and tragedy hit my personal life it literally made me stop and evaluate everything in my life. I mean everything. It made me question everything I thought to be true and held close

Anger. What comes up for you when you see the word, hear the word, or experience the word "angry?"  It's a bit more understandable than some of those "other" feelings and emotions right? Here's my theory on anger.  It's a secondary emotion.  But wait... What exactly does that mean? It's the emotion that we can "deal" with. It's the one that others can "deal" with. It's okay and socially acceptable to be angry.  But it's more than being angry. Anger gets all the credit. What's underneath your anger? What are you stuffing back inside of you only to have exploding back out more intensely and strongly? It's not anger. That's the easy answer.  It's that "stuff" under the anger that we don't want to deal with. It's the hurt, sadness, frustration, disappointment, and loneliness (just to name a few) that we are really feeling. Lord help me though if I actually say how I am truly feeling and wa