Temperature Gauge 1/20/2024

We are emotional creatures
Living in a chaotic world
We love
We hate
Never peaceful
And always fearful
While living at the whim
Of what we feel.

So how do find balance
If we are tied
To emotions of life?

Many think
We can control
Events and circumstances
Around us
But realistically
We don’t
For we are unaware
Of the underlining reasons
That trigger us.

Understanding our thoughts
And what we think
Affect the way we react
As well as
How to maintain
Emotional balance
Within life.

Learn to be in touch
With all bodily senses
Helping to determine whether
Thoughts are aligned
Within the heart.

Emotions that surface
Act as a temperature gauge
Often not realizing
What we are thinking
Until we feel the emotions
Surface.

Being mindful
Every moment
Of every day
That’s how to create
Balance and harmony
In the emotional world
Called life.

Maggie Spaulding
Poem Author