Hi Flowerchild07
I love beautiful sensitive people like yourself. I find the down side of sensitivity can sometimes involve trying to figure out the reasons behind certain emotions. Such a challenge can go on for weeks or months until we have that 'Aha!' moment where we understand what the challenge is all about.
Empaths are naturals, of course, so the anger and frustration that can come from dealing with unnatural people or situations can be incredibly challenging. Sometimes people don't mean to behave unnaturally, it's just a matter of influenced perspective. You know how it works: You can be a naturally thoughtful deeply feeling kid who's taught to 'toughen up' and then, bamm, you've lost your natural perspective on the world. You're told the world is a hard place and if you don't toughen up, you'll never survive'. Myself, I teach my teenagers 'The world is an amazing and sometimes hard place. If you don't become more sensitive (to your surroundings) reading people and situations clearly, you'll have trouble'.
I've loved working in an aged care facility for about the past year and a half. My goal - to make as many people as possible smile. Whilst all the staff and residents are amazing, I find varying degrees of perspective. Some staff surprise me and some kind of anger me at times. For example, there's a resident I love who has dealt with depression and anxiety for many years. Recently, due to increasing health issues she had lost the will to live. Her family are truly impressive folk who visit her on a regular basis. Once they recognised her depression had got the better of her, they ramped up their visits. Her daughter even spoon fed her - that's how bad things had become. I was angered when several of the staff discussed how pathetic they thought this was. I listened instead of rising to greater anger. As I listened, I acknowledged how truly beautiful it was that that this resident's daughter had returned the gift she had been given as a child, by her mother. Whilst the daughter had once sat in a high chair being fed, the mother now sat on a high being fed in such a devoted way. The staff commented 'You watch, she'll bounce back. She just wants attention'. I thought 'Of course she does. She needs to be raised through love'. You guessed it, she did bounce back.
Many will challenge our sensitivity Flowerchild. Figuring out how to raise our self through the challenge is key.
Sensitivity is a true gift in life. Sometimes, it can feel like a curse.
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