When we feel hurt by others’ actions, it can easily morph into anger. Because we don’t want to feel the way we do, we go straight to our head and concoct a story about why they are to blame. Ironically, what’s causing our feelings is usually a misunderstanding or misinterpretation. Rather than taking the time to register our feelings and check in to see if we’re accurately reading the situation, we resort to this mental bypass, which just leads to more disharmony. The simple, quick and effective antidote is to…
Stay with the feeling.
