Dilute A Negative Emotion In Seconds..

"I envy you," X told Y making a bad face.

The words hung in the air. Some kind of heaviness was felt around them.

Before Y who was hit with these unkind words could react, X said with a with a totally transformed expression,: "Hey, you have such a beautiful car. Can you permit me to envy you for a minute? I will feel light. What do you say?"

It was so light. Felt so funny. Y asked him, "Well, how will you do that?"

X distorted his expression, tilted his eyes and spat a vicious sound of a curse and then said, "Like this," and then he smiled and concluded, "Well, I am done. I expressed envy. Let us now move, and go for a drive." Everything became normal.

An emotion expressed and done with without any harm to anyone.

Since the time I heard this story I feel jealous, I envy, I get angry, I get upset, I hate and then I seek permission from the person, whom I hold responsible for triggering these emotions, to express them in my own way for a couple of seconds and then move on. Most of the times I am permitted to do that.

Many of you wanted to know how do I practice happiness. This is one of the methods with which I practice happiness. It is possible. Acceptance of a negative emotion dilutes its power.

RS

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