When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation. Patience is a choice to control your emotions rather than allowing your emotions to control you, and it shows discretion instead of returning anger with anger. It brings an internal calm to an external storm.
Today's Challenge: The first part of this challenge is fairly simple. Although patience is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect the condition of our hearts. For the next day, resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to the person you have selected at all. If temptation arises, choose not to say anything. It's better to hold your tongue than to say something you'll regret.
Let us know when you've completed your challenge and then reflect on the following questions:
1. Did anything happen today to cause anger toward your person? 2. Were you tempted to think disapproving thoughts and to let them come out in words? 3. How did you handle that?
Use the Diigo comment function to keep us posted on how you did.
1. Nothing caused me anger all day. 2. I was tempted to think disapproving thoughts, but controlled my tongue for the day, and did not let those thoughts loose on the world. 3. I paused before speaking, and mentally banished those thoughts.
I will be following the 40 Day Challenge and post when I can during my medical leave, I love this! Day 1 1. I did feel anger on Monday toward someone I feel in the box with, I do not like the feeling that anger has on me. I can feel it all over my body, not just emotional and mentally but also physical. I can feel self-pity welling up that I have to deal with this person. I start to run through my mind all the thing that I don't agree with that this person does. It's almost like turning up the flame on the grill. 2. I did hold my tongue, I think that I bite my lip to keep my mouth closed. I was with someone else that was feeling the same things that I was and they were not able to keep quiet and I caught a whisper under their breath. 3. I stayed strong and forced myself the think about my selected person and I really feel that I am strengthening a positive bond between the two of us.
When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation. Patience is a choice to control your emotions rather than allowing your emotions to control you, and it shows discretion instead of returning anger with anger. It brings an internal calm to an external storm.
Today's Challenge: The first part of this challenge is fairly simple. Although patience is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect the condition of our hearts. For the next day, resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to the person you have selected at all. If temptation arises, choose not to say anything. It's better to hold your tongue than to say something you'll regret.
Let us know when you've completed your challenge and then reflect on the following questions:
1. Did anything happen today to cause anger toward your person?
2. Were you tempted to think disapproving thoughts and to let them come out in words?
3. How did you handle that?
Use the Diigo comment function to keep us posted on how you did.
2. I was tempted to think disapproving thoughts, but controlled my tongue for the day, and did not let those thoughts loose on the world.
3. I paused before speaking, and mentally banished those thoughts.
Day 1
1. I did feel anger on Monday toward someone I feel in the box with, I do not like the feeling that anger has on me. I can feel it all over my body, not just emotional and mentally but also physical. I can feel self-pity welling up that I have to deal with this person. I start to run through my mind all the thing that I don't agree with that this person does. It's almost like turning up the flame on the grill.
2. I did hold my tongue, I think that I bite my lip to keep my mouth closed. I was with someone else that was feeling the same things that I was and they were not able to keep quiet and I caught a whisper under their breath.
3. I stayed strong and forced myself the think about my selected person and I really feel that I am strengthening a positive bond between the two of us.