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Subject: Re: Here's something really silly that I do


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Willow
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Date Posted: 09:33:14 03/27/03 Thu
In reply to: Tara 's message, "Here's something really silly that I do" on 02:06:50 03/27/03 Thu

>I've got a woeful temper myself, and a horrible
>tendancy to bear a grudge, so I constantly have to
>keep myself in check.
>
>Whenever I'm really mad, as in that massive
>sweet-Goddess-I-just-want-to-grab-that-person-and-throt
>tle-them-till-they-pass-out kind of rage, I blow up a
>balloon. I always imagine it filling up with all my
>anger. Then I tie the ballon closed, sealing all my
>rage in, and ask the Lord and Lady to release it
>safely. I put the balloon away somewhere, anywhere
>that's out of the way, and leave it to deflate over a
>few days. Unless I'm incredibly mad and don't want to
>look at it afterwards, in which case I go to some
>secluded place outdoors and release it, again asking
>the Lord and Lady to make sure that my anger is
>released gently, so it doesn't hit some poor kid in
>the face when he or she finds the balloon and decides
>to play!
>
>It's really daft, and I do feel silly when I'm doing
>it, but blowing up balloons is kind of fun, and it
>really does stop me getting too mad and doing
>something I'd regret. So apart from the side effect of
>having millions of balloons floating around various
>corners of Ireland, plus the odd one hidden in
>different corners of my room, it really is a help :)
Ohhh Nice and not silly at all. I wonder if the same principal would work with other negative energies like stress and sadness etc...

Willow

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I use it when I'm stressed too. Anything negative reallyTara05:43:12 03/28/03 Fri


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