Have you ever found yourself trying to prove a point?
I once tried and succeeded at beating 3 people who were part of a triathlon team by myself.
One of them had pissed me off by not picking me for their team of 3, having originally offered me a place. So in response, I learned to open water swim and repaired an old racer just so I could take them on, beat them and leave a giant 'fuck you' lingering in the air as I zipped across the finish line.
Yes, I was a crazy man a little over 10-years ago, some would say more recently than that.
But in reality, I was an angry man who just didn't know how to express, feel or use anger in a constructive way.
And so at the time, I poured enormous energy into proving points, a passive aggressive form of expression equivalent to experiencing a slow, painful and time consuming death. It could have been nipped in the bud by expressing my feelings or at least feeling my feelings and moving on to do something more useful with my time.
What subtle points have you being trying to prove? What are you angry about? How could you redirect that energy more effectively?
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Peter
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