There is what I preach and there is what I practice and there is sometimes overlap.
All of my preaching is prepared and shared with good intentions.
Yet there is intention and there is action and in between there is emotion.
Emotion gets in the way, sometimes.
A lot of times.
Meaning, no matter how good my intentions, and no matter how loud my preachin’, my emotions trump.
My emotions are
Royal
Straight
Flush.
Which brings me back to practice.
Knowing that my emotions trump my intentions, I may be (and must be) mindful in situations in which emotions run high.
The only way I know how to get better at acting with intention is to notice when I’m not…
and turn it around.
I love my emotions.
Okay, I value them.
But there are times when I wish what I know to be true would run through and through
all the way to my heart
As opposed to the doubt, the anger, the hurt, the fear
That runs through instead.
And all I can do in those moments
when the through and through is
doubt, anger, hurt, fear
is practice.
= = =
P.S.: For those seeking the conclusion to my driving test saga, sigh, I didn’t pass.
