What Causes Us To React
“What Causes Us to React?”
by Michelle L. LeBlanc
Copyright: April 14, 2022
When someone triggers a Reaction
What do we choose to do?
Focus on what they said?
Or find out what triggers you?
Easy to always point the finger out
Yes, it's easy to often do
They hurt me, said something rude
They are to blame for what they do
Sometimes those we love hurt us
Often strangers and acquaintances too
But perhaps they're having a really bad day
And wrongfully dumping it on you
Yes, we can react and get angry
Point the finger out and withdraw within
Or we can try to find the source
That triggers us so much therein
Whether it's deep roots of rejection
Or feelings of failure that tend to reside
Or an attitude of impatience or entitlement
Or maybe it's simply our own pride
We might never be able to change others
But we can certainly work on ourselves
It's probably the hardest to do
And will often feel like hell
But always pointing the finger out
Doesn't help us to learn to push through
For even when others refuse to change
There's always work on ourselves to do
That part is never easy for any of us
But at least there's work being done
Because making positive change in the world
Must always start with one
Maybe we need to find out how to heal
So that we are less to react
They can be mean or insensitive
But what if we get our own reactions intact?
Again this is not easily accomplished
Especially not all in one day
It will be little steps at a time
And we’ll often mess up along the way
But we push forward towards change
Whether the other people do or not
Whose fault it is, is not the point
It's who wants their reactions to rot
Let's learn to face our issues
What causes us to react
And where we need to heal inside
So we no longer feel entrapped!
Copyright © Michelle L. Leblanc | Year Posted 2022
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