Use Your Emotional Crowbar!
Filed Under (Emotions) by Nick on 29-09-2007
Emotional Crowbar
Earlier, I outlined the 9 Primary Emotions We Respond To, which many people have no problems with. Yet, there are many others that are very skilled at suppressing their emotions and have locked them away in a closet. I know my closet was dead-bolted earlier this year.
I was like a boulder thinking that I was moving forward. Instead, life was flowing all around me like a river moving in the opposite direction, where I was fighting an up-stream battle. As a boulder, I preferred to be in a cluster with other boulders as long as we didn’t touch.
Oh, how I wish someone came along earlier in my life with an emotional crowbar, to pry open the door to my closet. The emotional crowbar is fairly simple but it has a very steep requirement. Before you can effectively use one (yeah, yeah, I’ll get to what it is in a minute), you’ll need to gain a solid trust with the person. It may be a bit tougher if that person is yourself. I’ll save that discussion for another article.
