I’m grateful for the opportunity to take both my daughters and one friend flying in a small plane. Not only did each of them get a chance to sit in the front seat, but we enjoyed watching the sunset from the air and flying over the lights of the city at night.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to DJ for the YMCA celebrating Kid Day. Always enjoy watching parents glow when their children are having a good time. Music does touch the soul.
It’s interesting to stand aside and just observe my emotions.
I lost my mother in 2006. For many years I’d hear a song, see a play, or think of something I knew my mother would like and I couldn’t control the emotions that took over. I’d easily tear up and feel my body transported into the pain I felt on the day I lost her.
That had been the same with my divorce. A song, a thought, missing my ex, just having the desire to talk with her and see how her day was, I’d go from happy go lucky to an instant mush of sadness.
Through recovery and the work I’ve done this past year, it’s been easier to manage my emotions. I feel them coming, I acknowledge them, I accept them, and I try not let them overwhelm me.
If they do become overwhelming, I let them flow, but I don’t sit in the emotion like I used to. I question it. I look at it from all sides. I investigate what the emotion is trying to tell me, ask if my story is accurate, and try to learn from it.
From this observing point of view, it’s cool to watch why I react the way I do. And it’s amazing that I can self-soothe and bring my emotional level back to ground.