| If you get angry in this situation, the whole world will stand by your side to justify that, after all the situation was leading to a personal loss. So what did getting angry do for you, may be some heat in the body, few rageful thoughts to destroy the airlines and a furious gesture that would look funny to everyone except you.
Leave aside the question whether the anger was good or bad, I want you to ask a different question to yourself. Ask – how is anger useful? It is ok to kill someone, if it really serves some purpose or a cause, but anger or a furious reaction which is not going to help you anyways is certainly stupid. It’s not bad, it’s stupid.
If reacting with anger or sorrow or whatever, could some how force the airlines people to arrange for a charter plane to your destination, even anger would be an intelligent response. But usually such reactions do not serve any purpose. You react out of habit, not because it is useful but because you are blind to the fact that the situation demands no reaction or finding a way out, at least not a fight.
When you don’t let go, you are driven by a strong emotion, which makes a kind of fog screen through which you perceive the situation. When you are able to let go, you are able to see the situation clearly, the facts, not the emotional content. So what could be more intelligent way to deal with situations and move through life, but letting go.
If you learn only this skill, if you only learn how to let go, you can make a drastic change in your life, your life story suddenly would not have elements of emotional drama and you would be remembered as a wise human, people would love to be around.
The reason to include Letting Go in Life Skills is because neither our schools, nor society, not even our parents taught us – how to let go. And you would not be able to swim through the ocean of life without letting go. There are various ways, some techniques, some placebo-techniques, and most importantly some non-techniques to let go. Keep exploring the site. |
