It's easier said than done.

Certain things, like breathing, we are born with the ability to do.

But most everything else we do in life is learned.

Managing reactions and emotions are no different.

Most of us know that we have the ability to choose how things affect us. We may not be in control of what is happening to us, but we absolutely have control of how we react to it.

That doesn't mean we are good at it.

That is another learned skill that we aren't born with.

It takes practice.

Yet, for some reason, we have an unrealistic expectation of how quickly we should be able to master this skill.

We know that many times we need to, "get over it".

But sometimes it's not that simple, it's not something that comes naturally to us.

It is a learned skill and we should allow ourselves time to learn how to master it.