Does "Dramatic" Behavior Indicate a Lack of Responsibility?

Dramatic people, those who get overly upset in conversations, demonstrate a lack of emotional intelligence needed to handle certain topics. When someone's behavior includes outbursts and other mental tactics used to derail a conversation or shift focus, they are reacting with emotion rather than responding with reason. In that sense, they lack “response-ability”. 

The biggest hurdle most of us face in being response-able, is coming to terms with being accountable for our choices, remembering that allowing others to treat us badly is a choice. We have to realize our need to make better choices, and God’s way of showing us that is through suffering. 

Rather than seeing discomfort and annoyance as God’s cues for internal growth and leaning into them to find the lesson, most of us practice avoidance or some form of manipulation to disregard or remove the source of the discomfort, so we don’t have to face the lesson. This dysfunction inevitably results in fractured families and community discord. 

We never seem to understand our suffering while we are in its midst. We don’t suffer because we are a ‘bad’ person or doing ‘bad’ things. We suffer because we make poor choices from being misguided, manipulated, and/or misunderstood...often left to our own devices for figuring things out.

Having already had three ‘brushes’ with death, it’s only through the grace of God that I am even here today. Being headstrong and stubborn, I learned my lessons the hard way, through repetition. I have experienced first-hand the harsh realities of life, loss, and spiritual fracturing that I wouldn’t wish upon anybody. My life has been a journey forged in fire, only most of the time I was the one holding the match! 

To truly step into Christ, we must let go of hoping someone else will ‘save us’ and summon the courage to face the darkness within. In doing so, our eyes adjust and we can begin seeing our own light shine. Only then can we truly understand that our sacred journey is inward. 

We must learn to choose with intention and purpose to have Christ in our heart in each moment. 

This doesn’t mean becoming a ‘goody-two-shoes’ who claims to be saved now and it’s all on Jesus now. It means that after feeling the electricity in the body coming from a full awakening or chakra activation, we only wish to duplicate its resonance. This vibrational frequency, which generates gratitude, authenticity, and love within our hearts, is undeniable once experienced. 

It also doesn’t mean trying to always be happy, it means being present to and at peace with how we observe our experiences so we have the ability to respond, or responsibility. This is what generates happiness and joy within each moment, not what others do or say...

...and when you have it, all the drama will disappear on it’s own! 

Be the Moon, Embrace the Darkness

 

Malachi 4 - "The Last Chapter"

Malachi, Chapter 4 (NLT)

1 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.

2 “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.

3 On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

4 “Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant—all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Israel.

5 “Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the LORD arrives.

6 His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.” 

Takeaway: 

None of us can expect to escape the curse (suffering) of God's broken law, nor to enjoy the happiness (liberation) of his chosen and redeemed people, unless their hearts (focus) are turned from sin and the world (external), to Christ and holiness (internal). 

We must each restore in our hearts the connection between the inner child and inner parent that exist within our personality and reconcile the two. It's time for the 'adult' in the brain to take back control of your personality and clean things up. Collect the 'garbage' (toxicity) and take it out of your 'house', nurture the child into adulthood by providing the 'parenting' it deserved and realize how to love yourself from the inside. Otherwise we face immense suffering.

Four Simple Steps to Manifest Anything

There are four simple yet powerful steps in the manifesting process. They are vital in directing your vibrational energy towards what you want to achieve. I have seen these steps work in my life many times, and I have seen things not work when any one of these steps are omitted.

1. Ask/Declare: Whatever it is you are wanting to accomplish or see happen in your life, you must set the energy in motion, or 'plant the seed'. Some refer to this step as praying, others as visualizing. However you describe it, the important thing is that you focus your thoughts on the desired outcome and BOLDLY declare it as Truth in your life.

Remember, there is tremendous power in the spoken word. It is literally the act of creation in process. The old saying, "Careful what you wish for, it might come true." is based on this principle. The Bible says ask and you shall receive. Choose your words carefully to speak your desires specifically and all will be set in motion. When you are ask-ing, you are expressing as-King.  Command your reality!

2. Believe: A common practice for those beginning their journey towards conscious living is to ask for something, or declare it as a possibility, but then tell themselves they can't do what it takes or will see little progress and believe they don't deserve what they are asking for.

Believing in yourself, or rather, having faith in YOU, is key to accomplishing anything, but to truly manifest your life intentionally, you must also believe or have faith that you DESERVE what it is you are as-king. If for no other reason than by virtue of being born, a fulfilling life is YOURS to claim!

3. Act: The purpose of this step is two-fold. In one sense, you must take action in the direction of your goal in order to keep yourself in the flow of creation. Nothing really grows in stagnant water. It also indicates that you must act AS IF your goal has already been achieved. If you desire something, but act like it's coming in the future, you emit a specific energy of keeping your goal in the future.

Suppose your goal is to become CEO of your own company. Thinking and acting like a CEO now will change your mindset into that of a CEO. The Universe has no choice but to correspond to your new 'way of being'. It's then up to you to just act on what is presented to you.

4. Receive: Of all the steps taken to realize our goals, this is the one that is most often overlooked. The hardest part of receiving is simply allowing it to happen. Many times people will set their mind on something and then, when it doesn't appear right away, they get frustrated and either quit or begin to look for evidence of failure.

Subconsciously, we engineer lots of ways to stay just under the radar so that, IF we fail, we fail small. Then if things do start to happen, we sabotage ourselves with doubt and suspicion. We get in our own way. If we could just focus on doing what we love, release our attachment to any given outcome and allow The Universe to do its work, what we desire will come to us. 

Byline to be included with any reproductions:

M.Douglas Wolk is the founder of MOVEintoChrist and publisher of content which promotes personal empowerment through nourishing all parts of the Self. He is an ordained minister of Christ, relationship coach, and observational humorist who has devoted his life to create an awakening in consciousness of the divine within.

 

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