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When we find ourselves troubled by a particular emotion, the
problem is never the raw emotional component itself. The
difficulty lies in our inability to understand why we are
feeling this way and what we can do in response to it. And of
course, our responses to any of our more challenging
emotions will depend upon our ability to recognize and be
aware of the nature and the value of that emotion as well as its
relationship to the circumstances in which we find ourselves.
We need to know when, where and how, to express an
emotion appropriately.
A while ago, I listened to a recording of a talk given by Dr.
Christiane Northrup and she asked her audience a question.
(Additional Resources & Links 6 http://www.drnorthrup.com/ )
“Which is the most ferocious animal in the jungle?”
The answers were mixed. Some people said a lion, some a
tiger, or maybe a bear.
Her reply was very straightforward, she said:
“It’s a mother lion! It’s a mother tiger! It’s a mother bear!”
“It’s a mother something!”
She’s absolutely right, and I am sure any wildlife cameraman
would back this up. If we wish to encounter pure and
immediate aggression, we will find this in the ferocious
protection of a mother over her young.
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