Your Reactions

Daily Reflection
Today, I want you to reflect on how you react when someone is irritated or angry with you or if they criticize or judge you in a way that is bothersome to you. Do you leave and try to get out of the situation? Do you shut down and turn inward? Do you pull away and ignore the person or shut them out in some way? Do you criticize them back or say angry, unpleasant things? What is your reaction when someone has hurt you?

Today in your journal I want you to reflect on the questions above and think about the following: Is this reaction helpful - perhaps some of it is and some of it is not. Consider all sides. Where did this reaction originate? For example, do your parents react in this same way? The goal is find out when this type of reaction started, where it came from. Would you like to continue to have this reaction or would you like to make a change? If you want to make a change, what would you like to change and how could you go about it?

Swami K