Before reading the article, The Power of Feelings by John M. Dirkx, I had a higher understanding that my emotions could play a major role in my decisions and actions. I have seen my emotions make some major decisions in job preferences, schooling and even major life events. Human beings alone make some of the most valuable decisions in life based on their emotions. Some of the most memorable events come from those with deep passion, care, kindness and love, not only for what they do but for the people that they do it for. On the other hand, some of the worst crimes in history have also been an action of an emotion, whether that has been for love, hatred, anger and even a fit of rage.
Though in my realization that emotions have an effect on decision making skills and actions, I did not realize
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Furthermore, I have gained a higher appreciation for, understanding my level of emotion as I continue to elevate my education. As I read Dirkx’s article, I found myself in some of the situational stories he was telling. Consequently, to my emotions I have seen myself get upset on a topic and have little care to complete an assignment due to it topic. In a much greater sense, I have also seen myself achieve higher when I felt passion for a topic. Though it never really dawned on me that it was my emotions that were making these major decisions. Therefore, I have gained a higher value in understanding my emotions and their effects to my comprehension in my degree work.
Carrying baggage to an educational setting has helped me to understand the course as I am able to relate to it from past experiences. There are many experiences that I have encountered that have been a topic line for the subject matter of the day.
The definition of compassion: sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. As this definition shows compassion shows concern for other that every person would love to have. In The Chosen written by Chaim Potok, Mr. Potok really presents compassion in his book. Not only does he display compassion in one of his character but in every single one he gives them compassion that is expressed in different ways. He goes into detail example of compassion with each of his characters and really emphasizes the true meaning of compassion. Three main character that he shows compassion through in different ways are, Reuven, Mr. Malter and Reb Sanders.
I enjoyed reading Disciplined Hearts by Theresa O'Nell because i find that many people today do not know a lot about the Native American culture and what they have been through. Their cultures history is not talked about as much the African American or Hispanic's are. Most Americans know about the hardships that the African American and Hispanics had to overcome to assimilate to the level that they are today. I think O'Nell is trying to talk about the history of the Native American culture because, she believes that the reason that their culture is not well-known because of the fact that they have chosen to keep living like their ancestors and not assimilate to the American culture.
According to Brenda Allen in the chapter “Power Matters,” she mentions that there dominant ideologies of identity that “reflect perspectives and experiences of ruling groups, whose members construct and circulate beliefs that will most benefit them.” We live in a country where there are dominant ideologies of organizational hierarchy, which “arranges job positions in a stratified structure, with power flowing from the top down.” This exemplifies the ideology of domination, which is a belief system in America that the “superior should rule over the inferior” (32). This ideology is so embedded into our system that most people believe it is natural. The American society we live in values patriarchy, white supremacy, heteronormativity, and a specific culture of wealth and poverty; any identity that falls outside of these dominant ideologies is marginalized and placed in the lower strata of social power.
People push being happy on society as a total must in life; sadness is not an option. However, the research that has conducted to the study of happiness speaks otherwise. In this essay Sharon Begley's article "Happiness: Enough Already" critiques and analyzes societies need to be happy and the motivational affects it has on life. Begley believes that individuals do not always have to be happy, and being sad is okay and even good for us. She brings in the research of other professionals to build her claim that extreme constant happiness is not good for people. I strongly agree that we need to experience sadness to build motivation in life and character all around.
As humans, emotions are an unavoidable occurrence. People get angry, sad, happy, surprised, etcetera. In some cases, it is harder
Having an abundance of knowledge that provides people with different perspectives can also cause a person to produce many different emotions. Emotions play an important role in how perception is viewed by individuals. How we as individuals perceive an event plays a role in how we let that event trigger a negative or...
After a basketball game, four kids, Andrew Jackson, Tyrone Mills, Robert Washington and B.J. Carson, celebrate a win by going out drinking and driving. Andrew lost control of his car and crashed into a retaining wall on I-75. Andy, Tyrone, and B.J. escaped from the four-door Chevy right after the accident. Teen basketball star and Hazelwood high team captain was sitting in the passenger's side with his feet on the dashboard. When the crash happened, his feet went through the windshield and he was unable to escape. The gas tank then exploded and burned Robbie to death while the three unharmed kids tried to save him.
Plato, a famous philosopher in the early ages, described emotion and reason as two horses pulling an individual in opposite directions. Often emotion is a form of automatic action, and reason is a form of controlled action, where thought processes occur before action takes place. However, reason cannot control emotions. A huge factor is that emotions are an outlet of inner emotions. People often don’t cry when they feel joyful deep inside. Some people might be acting, but actions and small details often portray the emotions hidden inside. People...
Every thought of man originates from an emotion. Most of the times our actions are carried out from the heart rather than the mind. We respond to various situations on the basis of how we feel rather than what we think. However, we should not let our emotions take absolute control so that we make careless decisions or do something for which someone else has to suffer. In the
Emotions are very important to how changing how humans experience the world physically, mentally, and cognitively. Restorative justice is heavily based on how to identify one’s own emotions and balance them properly. By managing their emotions, participants of restoratives justice can help remove the negative feelings associated with the crime (Van Ness & Strong, 2002). In order to do that, participants of restorative justice must learn emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and balance one’s emotions, as well as the emotions of others. Mayer and Salovey define it as:
Rosen, L. D., Cheever, N. A., Cummings, C., & Felt, J. (2008). The impact of emotionality and
The human emotions are some of the most powerful tools given to any human being. Sometimes in life our emotions tend to overrule what is logical and it sometimes turns out to be a horrible decision on one 's behalf. The older we all get we should get better at managing our emotions in different settings of our lives and for the different people that are in our lives. Many people find managing their emotions difficult, due to life changing and traumatic experiences. Many people suffer relationship hurt, friendship hurt, emotional abuse and sometime physical abuse, these things craft and sometime harden our emotions later on in life. However I am a firm believer that there is a blessing in every lesson, no matter what the experience there is
“When we manage an emotion we are partly managing a bodily preparation for a consciously or unconsciously anticipated deed” (Hochschild, 1983). It is clear from this statement that Hochschild takes into account the biological aspects of emotion whilst also focusing on the psychological characteristics of the development of the self along with the cognitive, bodily and expressive types of emotion work (Theodosious, 2006). Emotion work is learnt through socialisation and we only become aware of emotion work when we aren’t feeling how we are supposed to feel in a given situation. Throughout this assignment I shall focus on analysing both the costs and benefits of managing emotion with reference to specific examples relating to both private life and work life. The first paragraphs will provide a brief outline of what managing emotion entails, a description of emotion work and also an account of emotional labour. The subsequent paragraphs will discuss the costs and benefits of managing emotion life with relation to relevant examples. Finally the conclusion will provide a summary of what has been discussed throughout the essay.
It is also vital to get a grip of the situation besides being able to identify and recognise emotion. When one is able to take control of the situation, they will be able to reflect on the situation without acting impulsively. Different people react differently to the same situations. This is due to different experiences, varied cultural background or different level of
Have you ever wondered why people have certain reactions? I chose chapter eight on emotions for my reflection paper because emotions are something that everyone has and feels, yet cannot always explain or react to in the way you would expect. Personally, I have never been great at responding to emotions in a way that I would not regret in the future. Thus, naturally being drawn to this chapter as a way to expand my knowledge on how to react to things more positively. I also wanted to learn why I feel a certain way after events that would not affect most people and be reassured about my feelings. Opposite to that, it is nice to see that, while not always productive, others have the same reaction habits. Overall, emotions are a complicated