I have been reading a lot of blogs lately. What strikes me is the fear and anger that oozes from them. I know that our current reality triggers both of those emotions, but I wonder — shouldn’t blogs be uplifting? How do we move from the fear, anger, and reaction to a placed of peace, resolution, and response? It is only in that place of peace that we quiet our self and begin detangling from both the internal and external fear, anger, and subsequent reaction.
Fear and anger grab us. Spin us around. Discombobulate us. In this bombardment, we get tangled. We lose control. We react. Our power slips away. We become a puppet to be played with by not only our fear and anger but also the situations and people triggering our fear and anger.
Are you tired of those puppet masters pulling your strings? I know that I am. Here’s the thing — if we want to be our own masters, and I know that I do, we need to surrender into those very emotions that catch us. Now, that may seem counterintuitive, but hear me out. In the surrendering, we no longer hold on to what has triggered us. By disengaging from the uncertainty and the chaos, we engage our curiosity.
You may be wondering: Why the heck am I so angry? What is causing my fear? Those are the queries of curiosity. Be with those questions. Engage them. Introspect. Be a witness to your own life. Even if you do not feel that you can begin to unpack those questions, at least recognize that you are caught in the maelstrom of uncertainty and chaos.
Once you are in a place of quiet calm, you can dig a bit deeper. Ask yourself, “What the heck is going on? Why am I so caught up in this feeling? What is this anger, this fear trying to tell me?”
Listen, without judgment, without expectation. Listen with curiosity. You may hear the same old tired script playing in your mind. Other words, feelings, images might surface. Don’t discount anything. Get out a pen and paper, art supplies. Set a timer for 10-15 minutes. Write, doodle, draw in ways that represent what you heard. Don’t think. Do.
Once your curiosity is appeased in the moment, ask yourself, “What can I do going forward to slip from this entrapment and become more powerfully me?”
It’s times to realize that the beginning of changing the external chaos isn’t out there. The beginning of transformation is inside. It starts when you understand yourself. In this understanding you begin to heal those parts of yourself rubbed raw by the fear, the uncertainty, the anger. Maybe you walk this journey of transformation alone or perhaps you find someone to help you more strengthen the connection to your core.
Community Minister Van Hurst is a spiritual director and intuitive mentor. She has a master’s degree in Natural Health, spiritual direction certification, medical intuitive training, and life coach certification.
Through individual sessions, programs, and books, she assists others in navigating the uncertainty as they cultivate a lived experience of the sacred showing up in expected and unpredictable ways. The result? Her clients shine forth their most authentic, unapologetic spirit.
Are you ready to shine your most authentic, unapologetic spirit? Reach out. hurst.vanessa@gmail.com
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