Chapter 5 Nature's Telegram

Oh my goodness! I can't believe I'm updating my blog twice in one day! I really am loving this book and I'm getting to the point that I can't put it down, which is good because that means that I'll finish it soon. So here's what I'd like to share about this chapter....

This chapter was a little bit hard for me to understand and comprehend but that's probably normal. It is a lot about feelings and how to interpret those feelings in the correct way. She says that you're feelings are like a telegram being sent to you and you need to make sure to open it and read into all the emotions that are there. She said that it's very hard to do this and it will take a while to warm up to the process, but when you do it will help you a lot.

She also talks about how important it is to share these feelings with someone that you can trust and that is going to make you feel worthwhile and not inadequate. In this chapter there is an assignment to make a list of two different groups of people. The first list is of people you feel are healthy and can be a good listener, they don't even have to understand what you're going through, or have anything to say about how to help. The other group is people that make you feel inadequate or don't have healthy emotions either. Then you are suppose to talk to someone on your healthy list for 10 minutes and explain that you are reading this book and just explain some of the feelings that you have read from this. And it's funny because I was just talking to Luke last night how I feel some people are talking to me to be able to talk about themselves, so then I don't feel like my feelings are acknowledged properly.

She goes on to say how important it is to actually talk about these feelings. You can do it yourself to a point by drawing, writing in a journal or sculpting, but when you talk and share these feelings with another person it creates a picture in your mind and you talk faster than you can really think about it so you learn a lot more than if you were to just write your thoughts down. This is very hard for me because I feel like my emotions and feelings have been put on the back burner and I think naturally I surround myself with people that tend to do the same thing. So, wish me luck in learning to express my feelings better!