I watch this happen regularly…
The baby wakes. She is MAD mad. This kid does NOT like her nap being interrupted (who can blame her?).
Now, the dog is freaked out. He doesn’t know what to do, so he decides to bully the cat, chasing the poor old feline into a corner.
Of course, now the cat is upset. He takes it out on my husband’s office chair, shredding the thing to bits.
When my husband comes home and sees his chair, he’s BIG mad…
Do you see where this is going?
All of the relationships in this house have now been flicked by chaos, and it’s all because something, beyond our control, happened outside of our home, but its impacts within our home which shook our peace and many of us (looking at you especially, four-leggeds) took it out on one another.
When chaos hits the world and we feel powerless to stop it, the first place we show our powerlessness is in our relationships.
We snap. We obsess. We “freak out” over things that aren’t super important (like where someone put the cheese grater) because those are things we can control.
But when the world is in upheaval, we need our people more than ever.
Much Of A Witch’s Power Comes Through Observation:
- Notice what is bothering us: I hate it when the cheese grater goes in the wrong drawer.
- Stop and ask yourself: “Why does this bother me?” Don’t fight the response with “I shouldn’t feel this way,” etc.
- Visualize the feeling as an entity. What does it look, feel, and/or sound like? When you’ve got a sense of that entity, ask it where it came from: A work situation? Something you heard on the news? Something else? If it’s connected to something that happened in childhood, ask it why it’s appearing now aka, “What summoned you?”
There’s nothing wrong with being irritated about something your loved one has done, even if it’s something as small as moving the cheese grater. But when you can identify the source of the large feeling over the small thing, you’ll be able to address it from a more grounded place.
The world has given us a lot of things to feed large feelings over small things. It’s this very reason we need to keep our relationships in good, solid order. A grounded approach to challenges leads to a healthier outcome for all involved.
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