Title: Volatile Emotions Being one of the hospital chaplains at Philippine Children’s Medical Center I am not exempted from encountering volatile emotions from patients and caregivers and even family members. Children with malignant malady like cancer, leukaemia, stage 4 Dengue and other foreign sickness attacking the fragile body of our little ones we cannot but help to experience volatile emotions like anger, wrath, strife, resentment, etc. Let us take for example anger as something irritable, annoying or “pushing us to getting mad”, etcetera. Sigmund Freud once compare anger as smoke coming from old-fashioned burning stove in which in the normal sense block the smoke which will eventually leak out of the stove in an unintended ways – around the door, through the gates and eventually choking everyone in the room. When all exits or passage ways are blocked the fire goes out and the stove ceases to function. Volatile emotions are explosive, unpredictable and impulsive in nature. If we are not aware of this kind of emotions nestling in our system there certainly a malignant transference that pull the person—a loved ones, a friend, a co-employee or even a church mate to a certain level of dangerous attraction and will certainly create a rip in the loving relationship between the persons involved. Therefore, let us have some boundary “nail” to secure and fasten us from becoming too hot-blooded during the onset of emotions we are having NOW! 1. Deal with the emotion directly or the person responsible that has irked you. Deal with the situation wisely and don’t go over board of the situation and always to keep your cool. Certainly don’t blow your top because it is dangerous between you and the person concern. You need to be level headed at the onset of the confrontation. 2. Resolution... Is to settle your anger as the soonest possible time under the leadership of the Holy Spirit that is in you! Always remember the presence of the Holy Spirit. He is Counselor, Comforter and the Minister of the Reconciliation. Never put the Holy Spirit out of the situation. He is always on the Lead role of the relationship. 3. Always be reminded the personality and temperament of the other person can always provoke you to experience volatile emotions. Know the person you are dealing with at all times. Anytime such volatile emotions can be a volcano ready to explode. 4. It is mandatory to have yourself submitted to the reign of the Holy Spirit on your emotions too. Always ask the Holy Spirit to give His fruits of love and all that goes with it. Never let the works of the flesh get in the way of your relationship with the people around you in your 24/7 life journey.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:31:33 +0000
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