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That wasjust excellent! Been there, done that!
posted by
swftfox
on June 11, 2006 at 11:27 PM
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re embarassment
I do agree that you can talk yourself out of certain feelings, and I don't suggest you dwell on them or give in to them. Yes people are too selfabsorbed to notice how selfabsorbed someone else can be. i can just picture people navel gazing like kids! It would be great not to have uncomfortable feelings in the first place. May be I should go and get a life. Thoughts influence feelings to a degree, but emotions just bite you in the bum and you say ouch! What was that for? So you smack them with a good whack on the backside with a good talking to... And presto, you feel better! May be I should try, no I think I will take up knitting instead.
posted by
marieclaire66
on June 11, 2006 at 7:05 PM
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Woody Allen said. . .
"Tragedy plus time equals comedy." The same is true for embarassment.
posted by
stbond
on June 11, 2006 at 5:00 PM
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MarieClaire, I totally agree that healing takes place at a much deeper
level than just talking myself out of feelings, which doesn't work. I do think that analyzing my feelings after the fact is a step towards re-writing the groove. I do hope that anything that I said was not taken as a criticism or holier-than-thou comment. I"m still working on my own path.
posted by
Blanche.
on June 11, 2006 at 3:01 PM
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embarassed about feeling embarassed.
The thing is with feelings, embarassment or otherwise, they come at you so fast, by the time you realize what it is, it is almost too late to fight it, of course you can but you can't stop the initial reaction, it is something you cannot control. You can rationalize and analyse afterwards, but the damage is done. How you defuse those hot buttons is another matter altogether! Feelings are more powerful than thoughts, in times of crisis, they usually take precedence over rational thoughts. Just watch yourself, next time you are provoked. The self talk only works on the surface. To erase the deep groove of past wounds, you must work on an entirely different level, on a spiritual and emotional level that I could go on discussing here but that would take up an entire blog, so may be next time if you are interested.
Just a few froggie thoughts in the blog pond. Ha Ha
posted by
marieclaire66
on June 11, 2006 at 2:58 PM
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Great descriptions...;)
posted by
Katray2
on June 11, 2006 at 2:42 PM
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Marie-Claire66,
I try to talk myself out of embarrassment by recognizing that what other people think is not that important. Mostly, they are too self-involved themselves to care. That's a good thing.
posted by
Blanche.
on June 11, 2006 at 2:41 PM
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Yep, that's the feeling alright! Good poem..
posted by
shelly_b
on June 11, 2006 at 2:25 PM
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