INSIDE OUT!!

 

 

The movie Inside Out was really entertaining as well as informative. The storyline is about a little girl named Riley who has these have these five characters of emotions that live in her mind Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear. They are always in a fight to drive but Joy tries to override them all, she is the leader, it is her job to keep Riley happy, especially in this time because Riley and her parents moved to a new state. Joy has to try to make the transition smooth. I noticed that all of the other emotions were trying to control Sadness, because I don't think they even knew that sadness had a place in headquarters plus no one wants Riley to ever be sad. So they try their best to ignore that sadness is also a part of the emotions that lives in the mind of her. If Sadness touches any part of a memory it automatically will turn blue and making that memory a sad one. So Joy drew a small circle and told Sadness to stay within in the lines isolating the character Sadness from the others Joy is doing this not because she was trying to be mean but because it was Riley’s first day at her new school so Joy wanted everything to go right. Riley was asked to stand up and introduce herself and where she came from somehow Sadness must have left the circle and triggered something in her mind because Riley began to cry in front of the class Joy tried to intervene and somehow got sucked out headquarters (Riley's mind) along with Sadness. So while Joy and Sadness are out of the headquarters, that left Riley with the other 3 emotions, Anger, Disgust and Fear driving the console of her mind trying to keep Riley emotional state stable. That was a disaster because while Joy and Sadness try to find their way back they are noticing the memories that shaped Riley’s core islands meaning the core memories like family, friend and goofball that made Riley who she was, started to crumble one island at a time. It was getting so bad that Riley became isolated, very distant from her parents, she became a little depressed and the other 3 emotions did not know what to do so Anger took control of the console making Riley so upset that she chooses to run away and she decides to get on a bus back to Minnesota. Joy and Sadness makes it back to headquarters finally, Now their job is to try to get Riley to change her mind but Joy was unable to do that, so she asked Sadness to take over and when she did, Riley changed her mind and got off the bus, she ran home as her parents were in a panic but relieved to see her, she walks in and tells them the truth, which was that she tried to be happy about moving to a new city but she misses her old life and they hugged her, they told her that it was ok to be sad about moving to a new city and they also told her that they themselves missed Minnesota, it was at that moment with a hug of course that Riley embraced her new life with a smile. All is well with her well at least for now.

What stood out to me as I was watching the movie was one that Joy treated Sadness, differently from the other emotions, like she didn't respect Sadness. She would give Anger, Disgust and Fear assignments but she told Sadness just to stay away because her job was to always keep Riley happy and never wanted her to experience sadness. They treated the character Sadness like she had no place in the mind of Riley. But in the end Sadness was needed in order for Joy to take control. Sounds so familiar to me because I myself hated to feel sad because it leaves you like you have no control over things, I so often set sadness in the little circle that was meant to keep sadness out of my expressed emotions instead I allowed anger, fear to drive my emotions and just like it was disastrous in the movie, same in my personal life. I was a mess…. I said all of that to say that your emotional state is very important in your personality and the only way you can control them is by acknowledging how you feel be truthful with yourselves, if you are sad then you have the right to be sad and work on what is the cause of the sadness but never dismiss the way you or anyone else may feel that is the worst thing you can do. I can make things a lot worse in the end if you don't deal with it as soon as possible. And try not to substitute sadness with anger. You don’t want to do that because anger is always accompanied by disgust and fear. God didn't give us a spirit of fear. It is a fight to control our emotions because sometimes the negative emotions need some air time lol!! Even before you get out of bed on some days, something in your spirit isn't right, you just woke up, but you feel some type of way, you have to pray that spirit away because it will only bring out the negative emotions and possibly ruin your whole day. You know when someone cuts you off when you are driving, what emotion takes control? Or when you have to do something that you never have done before what emotion sets in? What goes on in the inside of you will be played out on the outside. Pray at night don't bring the problems, the bad emotions of the day into your bed, empty them give them to God.

Philippians 4:6 ►Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. What happens if Joy is not in control of your emotions? I am so glad you ask! You have pray to get her in control again, by using the Word of God to fight any negative emotions. 2 Corinthians 10:5 we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. You have to get to know God and His will for your lives. When you find out all the promises He has for us you will not allow any stinking thinking to stop you, if you ever see this movie, I want to point out how the emotions were fighting over what emotions was going to take control of console of the mind if something happened. It is a fight to have Joy and peace no matter what is going on in your life, you will have capture of thoughts and fight to control your emotions but I believe it is worth it.

Trust and Believe.

 

Apply the Word!!

 

God Bless.