You Cannot Plan Your Emotions

You Cannot Plan Your Emotions : 

Our emotions and responses have a sense of spontaneity to them. You may plan an artificial reaction to something you are already aware of, something that has no uncertainty, but each emerging moment holds in itself a surprise, a miracle. Emotions and feelings are our response to that surprise. You cannot plan your emotions, you cannot tell yourself to feel a certain way when you come across a good or a bad news. Where do those spontaneous feelings and emotions stem from, what causes reaction?

Our feelings and emotions, particularly negative ones, stem from provocation. The trigger of provocation may be external or internal, but ultimately, if nothing or no one can provoke you, you will never find yourself saying or doing the undesirable. Someone's statement, their actions, or simply a thought in your own mind can be the provoking agent.

Om Namah Shivay