“Consider that worrying excessively about another person, especially a loved one, is a destructive act. It causes you emotional distress which prevents you from being at your best and contributing at the levels you're capable of. Instead of worrying, focus on accepting what is out of your control, and actively changing all that you can.” PersonsCausesLevelsAcceptingWorryFocusEmotionalGratitudeCapableDestructiveLoved OnesDistressContributingAccepting What Is Author:Hal Elrod
“I realize that there are certain hardships that only females must endure, such as childbirth, waiting in lines for public-restroom stalls, and a crippling, psychotic obsession with shoe color. Also, females tend to reach emotional maturity very quickly, so that by age 7 they are no longer capable of seeing the humor in loud inadvertent public blasts of flatulence, whereas males can continue to derive vast enjoyment from this well into their 80s.” WellsAgeCertainWaitingRealizingLinesSeeingEmotionalColorCapableFemaleEndureMalesShoesObsessionLoudMaturityEnjoymentHardship80sBlastChildbirthPsychoticRestroomFlatulenceEmotional MaturityWaiting In Line Author:Dave Barry
“When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in.” FeelsPersonsBodyStrongSituationCasesEmotionalCapableStronger Author:Mariska Hargitay
“If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced. Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are reversible when exposed to new knowledge. A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it. We tend to grow emotional when a prejudice is threatened with contradiction. Thus the difference between ordinary prejudgments and prejudice is that one can discuss and rectify a prejudgment without emotional resistance.” IfsPersonsLightGrowsDifferencesSimpleEmotionalJudgmentCapableOrdinaryEvidencePrejudiceResistanceContradictionExposedBiasThreatenedMisconceptionNew KnowledgeRectify Author:Gordon Allport
“Pain - physical, emotional and spiritual pain - is more than just a condition that needs to be silenced, numbed or "fixed." Pain in all its forms is also a message, a kind of distress signal to our hearts and minds. There are times when it's really important to tune into that message and just listen to it. When we don't listen, our understanding of the world gets more and more distorted, and we become capable of doing things we very often regret.” WorldNeedsMindHeartKindImportantPainSpiritualFormUnderstandingConditionsEmotionalRegretMessagesCapableFixedTunesDistressSignalsHeart And MindJust Listen Author:Karyn Kusama
“The human capacity for grief. It just isn't capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it doesn't just level off - it just gives up, resets itself to zero.” GivingHumansLevelsNumbersGriefEmotionalGiving UpCapableCapacityResponseZeroDozenProvidingAdequateExceedResetJust Give UpHuman CapacityEmotional Response Book:Revelation Space Source: Revelation Space
“In fact, numerous scientific laboratory tests and field observations have led to the conclusion that animals are conscious, intelligent, emotional beings. They are not machines and truly feel physical pain when it is inflicted upon them. They are capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions, including loneliness, embarrassment, sadness, longing, depression, anxiety, panic, and fear, as well as joy, relief, surprise, happiness, contentment, and peace.” FeelsWellsFactsPainJoyAnimalEmotionSadnessLonelinessFieldsEmotionalAnxietyCapableConsciousTestsMachinesIntelligentLongingSurpriseIncludingWideConclusionObservationRangeReliefContentmentPanicEmbarrassmentLaboratoryPhysical PainContentment And PeaceRange Of Emotions Author:Sharon Gannon
“The ability to double our biomass - not by waiting several million years and growing to be the size of an elephant - but waiting a few hundred thousand years for neurons to sprout into our brains - ones capable of having us create emotional relationships with other members of our species. We thereby double our biomass not by getting bigger, but by creating an ally.” YearsWaitingAbilityBrainMillionsGrowingEmotionalThousandMembersCreatingCapableHundredBiggerSpeciesSizeAlliesThousand YearsElephantsNeuronsSproutsRelationships With OthersBiomassEmotional Relationship Author:John Medina
“I end up liking politicians, both left and right, who talk about political matters as if they are addressing a bunch of adults, as if they are capable of handling both complexity and emotional responsibility.” IfsEndsMatterPoliticalLeftResponsibilityEmotionalPoliticianCapableAdultsBunchComplexityLeft And Right Author:Rachel Maddow