I think one part of it is that we begin to identify with our emotions. For instance, I usually take on a melancholy persona when I'm with a group of people. Recently I have been catching myself doing this and then remember that I am not this persona and am free to react differently. Although I'll admit I haven't done anything dramatically different -- maybe I reduced the intensity of my frown by a few degrees, LOL.
Another piece is that we get angry at things "out there" that reflect back the internal issues that we have not resolved. For instance, I recently got angry that my church wants to charge for mp3 downloads of the sermons instead of providing them for free. I think this is a reflection that I am not happy with my own level of generosity.
I do like the idea though that we create our life situations to draw out the emotions we are "addicted to". I know I can do that with food or drugs, telling myself "Oh, I am so sick and tired, I need this for medicinal purposes." So maybe it's true with emotions, too, it will take some time for observation before I can form an opinion.
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~Lauxa~
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