Comments on: Civility and respect hallmark of true character http://thehappyseeker.com/2009/09/17/civility-and-respect-hallmark-of-true-character/ Happiness inner peace Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:19:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ingrid Boedecker http://thehappyseeker.com/2009/09/17/civility-and-respect-hallmark-of-true-character/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Ingrid Boedecker Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:45:16 +0000 http://thehappyseeker.com/?p=682#comment-238 Your beautiful words ring true for me, but I must ask my self to what extent do I live them in my moment to moment living?! One of the pivotal questions is what to do with emotions which arise, often unbidden, from within ourselves or from connections with the Whole of Mankind--after all, we are never separate. What I have been discovering is that 'stuffing' emotions or trying to pretend they are not present is dishonest; similarly, projecting them onto others through blame and accusation, as has happened in the world heretofore, is uncreative and often downright destructive. However, viewing emotions as the temporal, transitory experiences that they are, we can allow the less creative ones to simply pass on through without any additional injections of energy from ourselves. By the same token, we can add our energetic support to the creative emotions of gratitude, blessing, love, acceptance and appreciation, allowing them to lift on angels wings and enfold the earth and the fullness thereof. A motto from an outdoor adventure program called Educo sums it all up succinctly: "What is right is the point; what is wrong is beside the point." Blessings, Ingrid Your beautiful words ring true for me, but I must ask my self to what extent do I live them in my moment to moment living?! One of the pivotal questions is what to do with emotions which arise, often unbidden, from within ourselves or from connections with the Whole of Mankind–after all, we are never separate.

What I have been discovering is that ‘stuffing’ emotions or trying to pretend they are not present is dishonest; similarly, projecting them onto others through blame and accusation, as has happened in the world heretofore, is uncreative and often downright destructive. However, viewing emotions as the temporal, transitory experiences that they are, we can allow the less creative ones to simply pass on through without any additional injections of energy from ourselves. By the same token, we can add our energetic support to the creative emotions of gratitude, blessing, love, acceptance and appreciation, allowing them to lift on angels wings and enfold the earth and the fullness thereof.

A motto from an outdoor adventure program called Educo sums it all up succinctly: “What is right is the point; what is wrong is beside the point.”

Blessings, Ingrid

]]> By: Jill Campana http://thehappyseeker.com/2009/09/17/civility-and-respect-hallmark-of-true-character/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Jill Campana Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:47:15 +0000 http://thehappyseeker.com/?p=682#comment-237 Beautifully written, Chris. Beautifully written, Chris.

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