{"id":1545,"date":"2021-01-10T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2021-01-05T20:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:04:18","slug":"the-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/10\/the-mad\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
The girl ran up the snow-covered walk and banged on the
\nfront door. \u201cAunt Sis, let me in!” she yelled. “We need to talk
\nright now!” She beat on the door as it creaked open.<\/h5>\n
Aunt Sis frowned, \u201cWhat on Earth is the matter Dear?”<\/h5>\n
\u201cYou’ve made her mad again! This time you have<\/em> to apologize!\u201d<\/h5>\n
“Oh, my. Well, come in. We’ll sit by the fire and have a nice cup of tea.”<\/h5>\n
“It’s different<\/em> this time, Aunt Sis. You have to go apologize!\u201d<\/h5>\n
Sis ushered the girl into the house and closed the door. Brushing snow off the girl’s
\ncoat, Sis said, \u201cPardon me, dearest, but tell me, where is The Mad<\/em> located?<\/h5>\n
“She’s mad all over, and you made her that way!”<\/h5>\n
Sis hugged the girl. \u201cNow, now, Dearest. If your mother has The Mad<\/em> all over her,
\nseems to me it is her mad.\u201d<\/h5>\n
The girl flinched away. \u201cBut you made her that way because of what you did!\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cWell, my goodness. It’s not the first time. Just whatever did I do that has the power to
\nset off a full grown woman?\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cShe said that you ignored her good advice.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Sis chuckled, gathered the girl into her arms again and whispered, \u201cHer advice is what
\nshe<\/em> would do, which told me what I should not<\/em> do. That’s exactly why I asked her.\u201d<\/h5>\n
The girl elbowed free and went to stand in front of the fire.
\n“But you made her mad! Please apologize!”<\/h5>\n
“She did that to herself, Dear. We’ve talked about this before, you and I.”<\/h5>\n
“Well, if you\u2019d followed her advice she wouldn’t be mad, so it’s all your fault.”<\/h5>\n
“I see.” Sis went to stand beside her. \u201cYou know quite well that anger is her way of
\ncontrolling people. And you also know The Mad belongs to her, because she’s the one
\nwho’s got it.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cIf you would just apologize, she would feel better and leave me<\/em> alone.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cOh Sweetie, now you’re doing it.\u201d Sis took a deep breath and looked the girl in the
\neyes. “I haven’t done anything to apologize for, and I will not be manipulated by
\nsomeone else’s anger.”<\/h5>\n
“But you must! She’s so hard to live with when she’s mad!”<\/h5>\n
“Sweetie, it\u2019s not my mad. Not my problem. Not my business.”<\/h5>\n
“But you don’t understand what she’s like!”<\/h5>\n
Sis sighed and turned to study the girl. \u201cDear Heart, no one, and no thing, can make
\nsomeone else mad. The person feeling mad is the generator of their own feeling. Anger
\nis created by failed expectations, the need to be right, and ignorance. The Mad<\/em> comes
\nfrom within the one who creates it.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cYou’ve got to be kidding! That is not true! How can you say such a thing?\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cSeems like you’re getting a bit angry over there. Going to blame me for how you\u2019re
\nfeeling?\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cNow you are really<\/em> making me angry.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cI see you’ve learned to use emotional blackmail. Guess you sat at your mother’s knee
\ntoo long.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cThat’s not true! You really<\/em> are the witch Mom says you are!\u201d<\/h5>\n
Sis smiled at the ready-to-spit-nails-girl standing next to her, and paused to think before
\nshe spoke.<\/h5>\n
\u201cIf a witch can’t be manipulated; If a witch takes responsibility for creating her own
\nfeelings; If a witch knows what’s her business, and even more important, what is not<\/em> her
\nbusiness; If a witch refuses to lie; If a witch gathers advice to help her make a decision;
\nThen, I guess my sister nailed it.\u201d<\/h5>\n
The girl paled, stepped back, seemed to shrink away from her aunt.<\/h5>\n
Sis sat down and opened her arms. \u201cMy dearest girl, now, do you see why I am proud to be guilty as charged?\u201d<\/h5>\n
\n08\/24\/18<\/h5>\n

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