Expressing Emotions

Many people are terrified of emotions and real communications. People are even afraid of their own feelings. Don’t be made to feel ashamed of feeling, or of connecting deeply with others, or in being unabashedly you. Don’t be afraid to express your truth. Open yourself to feeling everything! Living without feeling is no different than not living at all. If you repress your emotions your will only bring future suffering to yourself -feel whatever it is you’re experiencing! Don’t miss out on feeling the life you are living.

t’s not wrong to be upset. It’s not wrong to cry. It’s not wrong to want attention. It’s not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out. Tears are good. What flows is alive. Crying is like a thundershower for the soul. The air feels so wonderful after the rain. Don’t think too much. Breathe. Don’t be harsh or demanding on yourself. Just experience your feelings and know that your tears are announcing change in your life. Change is coming; like a summer rain – to wash away your pain. Have faith that things are getting better.

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor” – Thich Nhat Hanh

What frustrates you right now will be over one day, and, believe it or not, you will miss something about it. So look at your challenges with a degree of appreciation. This may be where you are now, but not tomorrow, and when that time comes, you will realise that it all had great purpose in your life! Share this with someone you love

Shalom