{"id":2198,"date":"2020-06-13T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2020-05-28T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T20:56:31","slug":"how-to-calm-and-quiet-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/how-to-calm-and-quiet-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO CALM AND QUIET YOURSELF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cBut I have calmed and quieted myself,\u00a0 I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.\u201d (Psalm 131:2 NIV)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calm and quiet come with maturity.  Learning to control our emotions is a work in progress.  As children, we threw fits.  I know I was guilty of having a tantrum if I didn\u2019t get what I wanted.  But my mother quickly taught me, tantrums don\u2019t work.  She did not back down when she made a decision.  The more of a fit I threw, the more she stood her ground.  I learned over time, not to waste my energy on tantrums.  My mother taught me how to control my emotions by not giving in to bad behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning to control emotions is a lifelong process.  If we were capable of controlling our emotions at all times, we would have no conflict.  People wouldn\u2019t say things they didn\u2019t mean to say.  We wouldn\u2019t do things we didn\u2019t mean to do.  I broke my foot once kicking a chair because I was mad at my brother.  I was in highschool.  I hobbled on crutches for weeks because of one moment of over reacting. When our emotions control us, we lose common sense.  We are unable to view whatever the situation is realistically.  As a result, we cause more harm than good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calm and quiet come with maturity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to control our emotions, we have to analyze our reactions.  I ask myself these sort of questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n