Sometimes, it’s not comfortable to feel our feelings.
Sometimes, it’s downright depressing, frustrating, anxiety-provoking and maddening.
Sometimes, it’s uplifting, joyful, and wonderful.
Unfortunately, we don’t always get to choose.
When we decide to feel, we feel it all.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Sure, when we’re stuck in the really ugly feelings, we’d rather just not be there.
We’d rather hide, or shut down.
We’d rather retreat behind concrete walls and shut off all of our feelings.
Yet, that does not serve us.
Granted, no one likes to marinate in the deep, dark depressing places that we sometimes go.
Sure, we would all like to feel happy, joyful, uplifted, and energetic all the time.
Yet, we are not built that way.
We are made to feel the full range of emotions.
Dozens of them.
From the highest to the lowest.
When we shut ourselves off from them, we often find trouble.
Perhaps not right away.
Yet over the long run, the unexpressed, unfelt feelings can cause lots of trouble.
From heart-ache to heartburn, and much worse.
It’s not easy, it’s not comfortable, but it sure beats the alternative.
What are you feeling today?
~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant
