Process Your Emotions

Mbhoni Manganyi

Have you ever experienced moments when things just don’t go your way? We all have problems, the way we solve them is what makes us different. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

Whatever you’re facing right now, see it as an obstacle to be overcome. In every worthy endeavour, there’ll always be countless obstacles that emerge along the way. These obstacles are what separate the people who make it, and those who don’t. If you’re able to push through and overcome them, you’ll emerge a stronger person than before. It’ll be harder for anything to get you down in the future.

When things don’t go our way, unhappy emotions are triggered. These emotions need to be processed, not repressed. By process, I mean to gain awareness and deal with them in a conscious manner. Imagine when you get a fresh cut. Immediately, bacteria enter the cut. If you don’t clean the wound properly, it may heal by itself on the surface, but it’ll get infected in the future since the bacteria is still inside.

Likewise, if you don’t attend to your emotions, they remain unresolved. These emotions lie inside you, ready to resurface at some point in the future. It’s like a dormant volcano – it remains inactive for years, only to suddenly erupt one day. That’s why sometimes; people who are normally well-tempered can get agitated all of a sudden when certain topics are raised. The emotions you see are nothing to do with the present situation, but from their past.