| Hi there, here is a short write-up of how our | | | | 2. Why is it important to understand the |
| thinking affects the way we feel and then the | | | | principles? |
| way we act, and in vice versa, how we act and | | | | Now do you see from the example in point 1 how |
| feel could also affect the way we think. This | | | | these three principles interact with each other? If |
| fundamental principle has been existed throughout | | | | you could understand how these three principles |
| our life 365 days a year, which is 525,600 minutes | | | | interact you can briefly know how it affects our |
| a year. It does not matter who you are, where | | | | emotion and action especially when circumstances |
| you come from, as long you are a human being, | | | | were not as pleasant for us. The importance of |
| it is going to affect you in anyway. Well, even | | | | understanding these three principles will help us to |
| someone who is mentally challenged or lower IQ | | | | be more aware of our thinking and feeling, and |
| will also be affected by these three principles. | | | | why we do certain things we do. To understand |
| So how exactly these three principles interact | | | | these three principles can help to heighten our |
| with our daily lives? Why is it important to | | | | awareness and to be able to view ourselves, |
| understand the principles? What can we do about | | | | others and the world objectively. |
| it? | | | | 3. What can we do about it? |
| 1. How exactly these three principles interact with | | | | Our feelings to some extent are controlled by our |
| our daily lives? | | | | thoughts, we feel depress when we think about |
| For example, when you were at one of the | | | | depressive thoughts. Our emotion response to |
| favorite romantic restaurant between you and | | | | what our brain tells us. Now let's say it has been |
| your lover, and your lover suddenly tells you that | | | | years or months after the broke up, and you |
| she wants a break off with you. You were | | | | happen to hear exactly the same song that was |
| devastated when you heard the news. The first | | | | being played during the time of break up at the |
| question you would probably ask is "why". | | | | romantic restaurant, it may trigger certain |
| Concurrently, as you were getting emotional you | | | | memory that led you to feel sad again. However, |
| heard a song that was being played at the | | | | if you had overcome it, the sad feeling should |
| restaurant. After the incident you begin to | | | | only last a few seconds if not a few minutes. |
| withdrawn yourself from people a few days, a | | | | What happen here is that the song that you |
| few weeks or even months just to get over the | | | | heard has been associated with your emotion |
| news. | | | | during the time of your break up. Hence, naturally |
| Here is what happen, when you first heard about | | | | it may trigger that same emotion in you again. |
| the news, you might be (thinking) negatively | | | | We will only know how much we had already let |
| about yourself, maybe you are not good enough, | | | | go of the pain when we realized how long the |
| not so attractive, so your thinking led you to | | | | emotional pain stays with us. |
| (feel) depressed, sad, lousy, with all the negative | | | | In my next article I will show you what are some |
| emotion. Subsequently, you begin to withdraw | | | | steps you can do when you encounter similar |
| from people, and that is your (action). Probably | | | | situation in your life. |
| you want to avoid all your friends or family who | | | | I wish you all the best with your most positive |
| tried to console you. | | | | emotion. |