Personal Leadership – How Being IRKED Can Serve the World

What are you angry aboutIf you’re irked about something in the world or your community; it could be a great opportunity to see if your anger holds a deeper message for you.

One way to think of  anger or frustration related reactions when they relate  to the world, your  community or  your  environment is they may be a messenger of what you really feel passionate about.  Your anger reaction  just might be a  call  to  lend your passion to  a  meaningful pursuit. Many a life purpose has been found because of an initial emotional reaction.

We feel so that  we can know what is. 

When you see something that irks you  in  the the  world  or in your  community and you  are personally moved by the  pain and suffering you see – begin to think of these stirrings as  messageso  of the vacuum that is present  in the world  – the vacuum perhaps ready to be filled – BY YOU.    We resonate with the threat to the world or community because – somewhere within us,  we have already a  sense of a possible solution to the pain we are  witnessing.

Emotions such as igdignance, frustration,  disgust and sorrow that manifest as being irked may just be some of the biggest gifts to  human kind because they stir the  passion to possibly  make a  differrence –  they are in practice, highlighting  the power within  you  to possibly make a difference.   Some passions do come out of pain.

By recognizing the greatest threats  in your world  through  the landscape of  your emotion of  frustration – you can empower yourself to make  meaningful  change.  Either  by self leadership or by  choosing  to follow a leader who  is providing a solution to  that threat.

As examples to this  principle,  you only  have to look at people in your own  community –  who  themselves have experienced a hardship which raises  their anger  –  and  they then ignite a cause to solve the initial problem.           

Look to where folks get inspired during a world-reaching disaster.  Watch how they are compelled to do something.

When you  use your own  experience  of anger as a  clue to what you are truly passionate about –   you are inspiring,  enrolling and completely  filled with  divine  possibilities for providing  a solution.  At times, it can  almost seems as  spirit moves  through your emotions to  point out  opportunities to make a real  difference in the world.

It doesn’t really matter what your personal call is – we each hear our own.  What is important , I believe , is that we live from our passions and to be in service to the world. 

What threats do you see?   What solution is needed?

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  • Aloha Anne,

    Really powerful suggestion. My emotions serve me well.

    The secret is to allow them. If you swallow them, they do nothing but rot your guts!

    Many blessings,
    Carrie

    • Anne Preston says:

      Yes, it’s true – resisting feeling – generally speaking, is underneath of a lot of the dynamics of “problems”. I believe that once folks really embrace that our emotions are our teachers – and they switch to a personal leadership path of craving every morsel of learning possible. they begin to embrace the energy of their emotions more. There is a really big distinction between getting caught up in the grip of an emotion – and just being aware of it and feeling it in response. You’ve pointed out one of the things about “allowing your feelings”. THAT is being in response. Thanks for your share Carrie 🙂

  • Varda Epstein says:

    Anne, your piece struck me as being very honest and true. But this is the kind of truth that most people cannot find on their own. We need people like you to show it to us 🙂

    • Anne Preston says:

      Yes Varda – I agree with you, lots of folks could use a little support around subjects such as these. My hope is that folks can get a spark of the possibility first – and hopefully THAT spark of possibilities will fan the flame of desire to learn how to get more aligned with their own passionate true calling.

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