When the conflict of others does not directly involve me, am I able to stay out of it? At times, it is difficult to let the adults in my life fight their own battles. Also, it is harder to distance myself emotionally than physically.
Physically, I can go for a walk or a ride, sit outside, visit a neighbor, put on head phones and listen to relaxing music, or take a break from my surroundings in some way.
Emotionally, however, my thoughts obsess over the conflict, causing anxiety, depression and fear to overwhelm me.
If I am able to expel these thoughts from my mind in a constructive way, like talking about them with a trusted person who is a neutral party, the negative feelings leave me. Then I am able to detach with love from those waging amongst themselves.
I have the choice to try a different action; to walk a different path. Today, I can choose to know peace.
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I think it’ll always be hard to separate, especially when you care about people. I think sometimes we’ll succeed, and others we just won’t be able to help ourselves haha Good post, thought provoking.
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I find that how hard it is to separate is in direct correlation to how much I love the person. No big surprises there, I guess 🙂
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Indeed we always have a choice, although sometimes it’s not easy to see that. Great post!
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it is not easy most of the time for me 🙂
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