Do you consider yourself to be diplomatic? Are you able to express your feelings in a way that honors both the person your talking to and yourself?
Sitting on our feelings or emotions (energy in motion) is equivalent to putting a dam up to hold life in check. We all know that eventually the dam will crumble and the energy will come out with such force that it’s destructive.
One of the best life skills we can learn is diplomacy. It is far from fake or syrupy – it is the art of sharing the truth in a way that’s not harmful.
If you have something difficult to say, you might want to write it down first and say it out loud a few times. If it leaves you feeling angry or upset, perhaps the message needs a little more refinement. Work with it until it has a feeling of neutrality – until you’ve buffed away all the hurtful debris and only the truth is left.
Emotions flow on life – we can’t stop one without stopping the other. Express yourself – the world is waiting.