Everyone is trying - As much as we feel annoyed or angry towards something we disagree with. You can stop yourselves in your tracks because of others around us.
I love your compassionate wisdom, my friend! Reading your words is a peaceful experience!
If I may add something here, I'd say that's why I consider the subconscious rewiring to be the most rewarding investment of our whole physical existence.
That emotional intelligence and resilience (you are implicitly referring to) that we develop during the process is what allows the quick regulation, it seems to me!
It's not as if we didn't understand the behavior (or the root causes/needs) mentally in the beginning.
I believe the first physical emotion is triggered by the inner child who would NEVER accept any lack of principles.
Then, thanks to befriending our program; thus, progressively enlarging the gap between the stimulus and our response, the anger might be translated into pity or compassion depending on the context/person at fault.
I tend to separate between imbalanced folks who may not be jerks in all circumstances and abusers/antagonistic personalities who are "consistent" with their jerkness!
I may feel unconditional love for the former group lost soul with the hope it may find its way back after as many journeys as required, but I wouldn't offer more than my pity for who they currently are.
Compassion involves action, to me, and I stopped trying anything with individuals who wouldn't even feel remorse for all the harm they consciously know they are inflicting...
I love your compassionate wisdom, my friend! Reading your words is a peaceful experience!
If I may add something here, I'd say that's why I consider the subconscious rewiring to be the most rewarding investment of our whole physical existence.
That emotional intelligence and resilience (you are implicitly referring to) that we develop during the process is what allows the quick regulation, it seems to me!
It's not as if we didn't understand the behavior (or the root causes/needs) mentally in the beginning.
I believe the first physical emotion is triggered by the inner child who would NEVER accept any lack of principles.
Then, thanks to befriending our program; thus, progressively enlarging the gap between the stimulus and our response, the anger might be translated into pity or compassion depending on the context/person at fault.
I tend to separate between imbalanced folks who may not be jerks in all circumstances and abusers/antagonistic personalities who are "consistent" with their jerkness!
I may feel unconditional love for the former group lost soul with the hope it may find its way back after as many journeys as required, but I wouldn't offer more than my pity for who they currently are.
Compassion involves action, to me, and I stopped trying anything with individuals who wouldn't even feel remorse for all the harm they consciously know they are inflicting...
Those were my 2% ☺️