EMOTIONS are there to be felt.
It's so simple and sometimes so difficult.
Emotions create sensations to be felt in the body. That's their thing.
Ideally they come and then they leave. Like a wave.
But for this to happen they need to be allowed to be there, they need to be felt, accepted, and not suppressed.
With some emotions it might be easier than others.
So, what about sadness? Can I also ride the sadness wave, ride on it without falling off, staying on top using its energy without being kept under, without crushing on the rocks?
Some waves seem too big; the water below too deep, the shore too far. But is that really true? Or is it only the anticipation, the projection that seems so scary? What does it really feel like when the feeling is there?
Can feeling sadness be pleasant? Can it be a relieve to breathe with it, allowing the tears to roll, to let out what was stuck inside, for so long?
And what if you don't even know that the emotion is there because you are not aware? How long can one suppress, knowingly or not? And until when?
And what happens if the long suppressed emotion does come out unexpectedly, triggered by some event?
Can you then see this as an opportunity instead of a threat? An opportunity to feel and to discover and to learn?
Having said that, some experiences that happen to us are just shit. And there is no need to glorify these. I don't intend to say that everything is good nor beautiful. Or that one should put oneself under pressure or feel bad if it's too much. But rather that sometimes it's good to feel emotions even if they don't feel pleasant.
take away:
it's good to feel emotions
it's not so good to suppress emotions.
it's worse if you don't even know you are suppressing emotions.
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