From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces.
We should not always go by our feelings. Our feelings can be affected, influenced, triggered by more than what is best for us. It is good to know how we feel and why we feel that way, though neither of those are simple. They take time. And work.
Equilibrium suggests responding correctly to emotions. Not living in denial of them and not being controlled by them.
A healthy balance.
An awareness of how we feel.
An effort toward understanding why we feel that way.
Emotional tendencies, extremes, and uncertainty. Talking through our feelings. Writing about our feelings.
Our feelings should not rule our decisions. Not feeling in love anymore, not feeling like working anymore, not feeling like a fit in that church or team or town or family anymore. We all eventually feel that way. We all should be aware of those feelings, talk about them, and work through them.
But no major decisions should be made based only on those feelings.
Emotions are tricky. They try hard to overprotect us, to overcompensate, to overreact, to overlook. Logic and discernment and wisdom from unbiased friends bring balance. Prayer and Scripture and confirmation bring balance.
Not just how we feel.
Not just what brings a thrill.
Pleasures are temporary. They fade. Our equilibrium can’t be based on emotional stability.
Pain can be the same. A temporary response isn’t best when we should approach a bigger issue. Our equilibrium can’t be determined only on what feels pleasant.
We should not always go by our feelings. Our feelings can be affected, influenced, triggered by more than what is best for us. It is good to know how we feel and why we feel that way, though neither of those are simple. They take time. And work.
Equilibrium suggests responding correctly to emotions. Not living in denial of them and not being controlled by them.
A healthy balance.
An awareness of how we feel.
An effort toward understanding why we feel that way.
Emotional tendencies, extremes, and uncertainty. Talking through our feelings. Writing about our feelings.
Our feelings should not rule our decisions. Not feeling in love anymore, not feeling like working anymore, not feeling like a fit in that church or team or town or family anymore. We all eventually feel that way. We all should be aware of those feelings, talk about them, and work through them.
But no major decisions should be made based only on those feelings.
Emotions are tricky. They try hard to overprotect us, to overcompensate, to overreact, to overlook. Logic and discernment and wisdom from unbiased friends bring balance. Prayer and Scripture and confirmation bring balance.
Not just how we feel.
Not just what brings a thrill.
Pleasures are temporary. They fade. Our equilibrium can’t be based on emotional stability.
Pain can be the same. A temporary response isn’t best when we should approach a bigger issue. Our equilibrium can’t be determined only on what feels pleasant.
I think it’s very interesting to talk about feelings in today’s world because so many people put so much value in their feelings. In this blog entry it talks about the feelings we have in our relationships and work among other things. Obviously, most people don’t want to work, but they do it because they have to. Relationships are a little bit tougher because in the beginning of relationships it is so easy to agree with your feelings because of the adrenaline rush you have in relationships, but the world today has such a high divorce rate, I believe because people chase their feelings instead of chasing what is right. Feelings are important to know and understand, but we should not let feelings make decisions for us, because most of the times our feelings are what the world determines is right instead of what God determines is right.
Our feelings play such a crucial role in our lives. I think that sometimes we let our feelings control our decisions when we should turn to God for the answers that we don’t know. I think that it is easy to act quickly out of the way that we feel instead of thinking through something logically or even praying about that thing.
My feelings okay a massive role in my life, our feelings don’t ever need to control our anger. I see how my life has taken course on my feelings, and I see how understanding my feelings has helped me get to me where I am today! Reading the Bible has allowed me to understand, slow to anger
Every single day we are constantly thinking about what we feel. What can I do to cater to my feelings? But is catering to every single feeling and emotion you have healthy? No, it is not. I like how the writings speaks about how we should not use our emotions and feeling to make a decision, instead, we should think and talk through it to make a rational decision. I also like how the writing discusses how scripture and prayer can help us find balance. Our first instinct is to ask a friend for their opinion but we should also be turning to scripture and prayer to find those answers.
Feelings can play such an important role in our day to day lives. Most times we use feelings to influence our decisions but that shouldn’t always be the case. We need to not always just use our heart but also our mind. Using scripture can help us guide our feelings on a right path and without it we tend to feel lost with our emotions. Life is a balancing act and we need to use scripture to find our equilibrium when it comes to feelings!
I have found that my feelings have caused me to make some decisions in my life that could have gone a completely different way if I would have thought about it and prayed about it, rather than just acting in the moment. I have learned recently that although my feelings are part of my decision making, God also needs to be apart of my decisions because He ultimately knows what is best for my life.
Our feelings can heavily influence our decision-making by affecting our perception of a situation and the options available to us. Emotions such as fear, anxiety, and excitement can cloud our judgment and lead us to make decisions that are not logical or well-thought-out. It’s hard for us to stop doing something that’s pleasant even though it could be bad for us. this is why we need aware of those feelings, talk about them, and work through them. Also, we need to seek out different perspectives. talk to others and get their opinions on the situation. But most importantly pray for better insight.
This post was interesting for me to read because I feel like it is common in the world today to “lead with your heart” or “express your feelings” and take your feelings into consideration when making any decisions. With the rise in popularity for therapy, I think feelings have been coming into play more than ever. But I think it is important to also set our own feelings aside and allow God to steer the ship and let his plan for our lives come to pass.
I think the idea of our emotions being an extreme of what is happening is quite interesting. not that simply pain, or these heightened emotional moments are more than what should occur but that anger, or pain, or other emotions we feel are extremes. Our body tries to protect us with emotions and helps us understand what we experience. And yet, we must also see that we can manage the emotions we experience and how they affect us. We are still in charge. yes, we experience heavy emotions, but that they can be controlled so that we might live in peace as Christ calls us to live. When we are going through times of extreme emotion, I feel the passage in the Bible that talks about how the heart is deceitful is very relevant regarding this. Knowing that the heart is deceitful, and from that comes emotions. And while emotions protect us many times, they can also provide deceit into our lives because they come from our hearts.
As I was reading this I could not stop thinking of this verse.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
I liked how you said to respond appropriately to emotions you don’t have to just ignore them. It is good to remember that even the bible reminds us of our heart condition but also such a good reminder from you that emotions are not bad, we just have to be conscientious of how we express them