motional Awareness.

Surprise is a feeling of mild astonishment or shock caused by something unexpected. Surprise can be neutral/moderate, pleasant, unpleasant, positive, or negative.

Surprise can occur in varying levels of intensity ranging from very-surprised, which may induce the fight-or-flight response in relation to a fearful surprise, or little-surprise that elicits a less intense response to the stimuli.
Life is full of surprises and events that sometimes, shatter one’s daily routine. Some of them might be good and some of them not so good. Some are pleasant and others unpleasant.

Primary Emotion	Secondary Emotion	Emotional Relation	Solution
Surprise	Astonishment	Amazement, Shock.	Identify The Distortion.(what am I thinking that is making me feel this way). Does what I feel have direct connection to me . Examine the evidence. (Why am i feeling surprised). Ask other people questions this will help find out if your thoughts and attitudes are true. Revert back to your NTR

Mind Cultivation Of Surprise
Q-Is surprise normal WHY?
A-Surprise is a normal startle response experienced as the result of an unexpected event.
Q-Can Surprise hurt me. HOW?
A-Surprise can be neutral/moderate, pleasant, unpleasant, positive, or negative. Surprise can occur in varying levels of intensity ranging from very-surprised, which may induce the fight-or-flight response, or little-surprise that elicits a less intense response. Surprise its self has no psychical strength but it can invoke emotional response.
Q-Is Surprise and shock the same. WHY ?
Shock is usually a negative thing - a sudden piece of news that makes you sad, angry, upset, Where as Surprise can be a positive or negative piece of unexpected news.
Good Mind Cultivation is to see Surprise through the experiences of others. Ask immediate family members or a close friend to recall times when they experienced positive or negative Surprises and how they felt and coped with it. Don’t try to explain your real intentions. Simply listen. Begin to understand the emotional feelings they experienced. This will help in building a self-awareness for future situations.

Life is dynamic, not static.

Wait for a few moments, before blurting out when confronting unexpected or unpleasant turns of fate. Before getting angry or panicking, look at what happened and assimilate the news. In many cases, this might be something of minor importance that is easy to cope with. Maybe what happened is temporary, or something that can be easily fixed.

Important; don't jump the gun.
Your Task is to : Except experiences as they happen, but use a cultivated mind.

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