Feeling
Feeling is an
emotional state or reaction. Good feelings include love, affection and warmth
associated with gratefulness and well-being. Bad feelings include fear, hate,
anger and pain. Feelings can be real or irrational and unwarranted.
How we react to things
is controlled by our worldview. If we believe that people are responsible for
themselves, we are less likely to try to save them. We will acknowledge their
free will and know that they will need to suffer the consequences of their
choices. If we have made good choices and strive to be grateful, we will avoid
bad feelings. The ability to share our feelings builds trust.
Feelings alone don’t
do the job. Our lives require the exercise of judgment, intellect, reason,
talent, intuition and attitude to make the package work. Feelings can serve as
warning lights or confirm you are on the right track. I always hang on to
gratefulness.
Judgments are often
expressed as Feelings and this is unhelpful. Feelings like “anxiety” over a
loved-ones actions or decisions are usually based on differences in judgments
and an information exchange is needed.
People sloppily say “I feel” when they really mean “I think”.
Sensing
Sensing involves
observation and relies on our ability to see, hear, smell and touch. It requires
awareness of our surroundings. It is also associated with our perceptions of
relationships and the emotions of other people.
A certain level of
sensing ability is required to ensure safety. Also a loss of one of these
abilities can be compensated by another.
Those who are blind often develop a keen sense of hearing.
Heightened sensitivity
can lead to problems. Those who are over-sensitive to smell and those with
asthma, allergies and skin conditions have to be careful.
Keen abilities of
observation are needed in many professions from lab tech to gun slinger.
Investigators, Inspectors, Supervisors and Moms all need these abilities.
At the bottom of the
food chain are those unproductive few who exist to overstimulate their senses.
These folks smoke pot and use to crystal meth as they gaze at mountain venues.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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