I am one who appreciates justice. Even more, I am quick to want people to pay for what they've done, or rather, what I perceive they have done. This is something that I have worked on and grown in during the course of my life.

Something I have struggled with has been dealing with the feelings that arise when someone has been wronged, or a rule has been broken by someone.

Rules are in place for a reason, right?

So if we say that rules are in place for a reason, why do people not get in trouble when the rules are broken?

Now, of course, the radical injustices that require jail time is not what I am talking about .

I am talking more about the times where people don't take responsibility for their actions like we think they should. Or when We are experiencing times of being taken advantage of , but we don't feel supported or heard. Or when we bring something to someone with a response of, "you need thicker skin," or why do you take everything so personal?

I have a hard time letting these things go.

So when these things happen and the people around me don't respond in the "right manner" I have to be mindful of the feelings that are arising in me, because , ultimately, I cannot control the actions and responses of those around me.

So maybe its more about not holding on to what I am feeling while still honoring myself in the moment. 

Maybe it's not about playing into what I am feeling. but just letting it be. 

Sometimes that's hard. And that's okay. Growth is a process.

Be encouraged,

Rachael