FEELING OWNERSHIP

Written By Duane Nelson


2 IDEAS FROM ME

  • True freedom, peace, and self-compassion begins the moment you stop blaming others for how you feel. When you take ownership of your emotions and feelings, you reclaim the last human freedom to chose your response based on your signature strengths and highest values.

  • No one can make you feel unloved or worthless without your consent. By taking responsibility for your feelings, you transform pain into power, reaction into reflection, and every challenge into an opportunity to grow wiser and more compassionate.

2 QUOTES FROM SAGES

  • “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”—Viktor Frankl

  • “When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”—Thich Nhat Hahn

1 QUESTION FOR YOU TO EXPLORE

  • By owning your feelings, each moment becomes a chance to choose clarity over reaction, compassion over blame, and wisdom over chaos. What percentage of the time in the last week have you owned your feelings instead of blaming someone else?

Namaste,

Duane Nelson

Duane Nelson

Ultrajourney Insight is an Anacortes Washington-based non-profit organization providing mindfulness & well-being services designed to ignite the adventure of a lifetime. The founder, Duane Nelson, is a writer, speaker, and teacher with four decades of parenting, wilderness, & international technology leadership. His professional insights come from chemical engineering and automation leadership at Philips, Intel, and Amazon. His adventure insights flow from ultramarathons, mountaineering, canyoneering, and adventure racing in Nepal, Alaska, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Mexico, British Columbia and Alberta.

https://ultrajourneyinsight.org
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