Hate, anger, vengeance, fear, jealousy, selfishness. EVEN INCLUDING THESE, there is no such thing as a bad emotion. Emotions just ARE. We feel what we feel because we are human, and because we were created to experience the world through emotional response. But hate? And anger, and fear. Those are bad, I dont want to feel those. Maybe it sucks to feel them, but that doesnt make them bad. Maybe these emotions have been (and usually are) expressed in a negative way, but that does not make the emotion a negative one. These six feelings, hate, anger, vengeance, fear, jealousy, and selfishness, can do as much (if not more) to stimulate action and facilitate change as an emotion with a positive reputation, and there are situations where these feelings are righteous. Someone kidnaps my kid? The fear and rage I would feel would be righteous. Some dumb girl tries to move in on my Love? The jealousy I would feel would be righteous. Someone hurts me and changes the trajectory of my life with the pain they cause? The selfishness I would need to turn my life around would be righteous. Im not suggesting that anyone wrap these emotions around themselves and hide inside of them. What I AM saying is that ALL emotions, even the ones that have a bad reputation, can be used to heal. They can be used to motivate, and they can zap you like a cattle prod to stimulate action. No more stuffing down feelings. We want ALL THE FEELS, and we want them BIG. We want to feel as much as we can, as often as we can, because that is what makes this life worth living.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:55:23 +0000
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