Emotions Are Necessary

Society tends to portray the illusion that a hero is someone who is in control, cool, and calm, practicing “never let them see you sweat”; who by habit has eliminated or subdued their emotions.

We have heard the phrase, “Stop being so emotional”. This could mean you are overboard in your reaction or in most cases it means your expression of emotion makes me or someone else uncomfortable. Attempting to cut off emotions causes a person to be wound to tight.

Remember the 1850’s up to 1960’s where women wore layers upon layers of under garments? There was a piece of clothing called a corset (men had their version as well). It was used to contract the stomach up to chest area. By use of a piece of cloth with strings attached. The cloth was placed in the front and strings tied in the back. The draw strings were pulled tightly as possible. It was made to control and constrict the shape of the person. The corset was responsible for many a “fainting spell” because it squeezed the life out of you. Without expression of emotion the same thing happens to a person.

While I do appreciate calmness when it best serves the situation, it is emotions that give the expression that allows emphasis on events, people, and places. Emotions we express are a part of the communication to gauge the level of importance of a matter. An example of this is a cry for help that one is in danger. Another communication is the tone that equates to a purr of pleasure between two people.

Emotions help to maintain health during stressful times. Crying is an example where emotions allow a release of tension. Emotions allow us to lift another person or keep their feet on the ground. Emotions expressed are the spice that accents our communicative personality.

Emotions are responsible for the passion in the arts. Emotions fired the flame of civil rights marches of the 50’s and 60’s. Games are won and loss based on emotions because they are transferable when expressed to other teammates. Without emotions how do I express danger, happiness, anger, or even affection? Being “caught up” in emotion has had its downsides as well. Yet emotions are responsible for a POW being able to make it through a torturous time because of love for family and country.

It is when your emotions and expressions of thoughts, internal feelings, and convictions are unified that we see miracles take place. Faith takes place at this point and something comes alive in us. Emotions are many times the bridge linking together logic when the impossible needs to be crossed.

“We need the calm and cool to keep the world in orbit and we need the passionate to keep it turning around.”

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 Hi! My name is Vonzel Sawyer. I am a husband, father, and grandfather. I started blogging to share from my experience, knowledge, wisdom, instruction, and understanding to help persons maxamize and magnify the positive in their life. That is why I used the terms "maximum" and "magnification" and combined them into a single word "maxafication". Just like something can be magnetized or winterized. I want to impact people to live largely and fully each day!

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