The following is an answer and/or comment by inhahe aka ColorStorm (inhahe.com - myriachromat.wordpress.com).
What color are the (glasses) lenses that you're using today to see life through?

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Today I've been tempted to have a lot of different feelings, while realizing that I don't *have* to have those feelings, or that I could just ride them out without letting them affect my outlook or cause any downward spirals. I mean I've always known of the possibility to do that on a theoretical level, but never been able to really change my emotional reactions. Something about today made the events right on the cusp between not being able to control emotions and not having them, which is basically being strong enough to weather them for as long as necessary and to whatever depth or height is necessary.

If I hadn't realized this change of ability, I would have just gone right along with the old patterns and felt whatever I would without resistance, but I chose to take advantage of this subtle difference I noticed.

I also had less of a need to appear more intelligent than others, and more of an ability to be emotionally/psychically supportive of another despite their being or appearing sharper than myself in the current context. (This is related to the above paragraphs.)

Not sure what color that makes my lenses, but hey, it's just a metaphor. :p