As I planned my content for this week's Newsletter I thought about how I have been feeling over the last week, and I recognised I have been feeling a bit frustrated, a bit taken for granted, and even worse a bit resentful. Safe to say they are fairly negative emotions brought about by a number of
things happening in my life. Things I have heard, things that have been said, things that haven’t been said, actions of some, and inactions of others. Things that I don’t really have any control over.
When trying to analyse where these feelings are coming from, I realised that they are of my own doing. By nature I am a giver, I am a sharer, I am a supporter, I am a nurturer. I like nothing more than to celebrate others successes. And although this all seems lovely and
wonderful, I know that this could be seen as a weakness and will therefore invite a certain response from others. A response which I cannot control.
What I can control are my feelings and responses though, so I recognise that I am at my best when my happiness is shared. I feel good when I see happiness in others, so when I detect negativity then I should choose not to let that affect my emotional state.
As I begin to realise on this Monday morning that
my happiness is your happiness, I believe my strength comes from my sharing, my supporting, my giving — because it is only when I am doing this that I am truly happy. So for anybody who sees this as a weakness, then that is your choice to do with it as you want.
