Most of the time, our feelings just don't behave and they are often not logical. I chose this picture because these horses are not doing what you might expect, they are just doing what they want to do. I mean, check out the horse in the front of the photo -- using the PVC pipe to clean it's ears? There are plenty of times that our feelings make sense but sometimes they confuse us, overwhelm, us, even frustrate us. And, for some of us, we may have become very good at not noticing our feelings at all. Feelings are messy and confusing and unsettling even.
So why would we want to ever feel then?? Because all of our feelings are valuable, helpful, and inform us. We may be more uncomfortable with some of our feelings like shame, hurt, sadness, etc. but if we don't create space for the more uncomfortable feelings, our ability to feel joy, happiness, silliness, etc. are often dimmed.
I sometimes visualize the more uncomfortable feelings as waves coming in off the ocean and think about getting my feet firmly planted so when the waves come, I am still standing. Some waves are small, some are challenging and every once in a while one may knock me off my feet, but I just scramble back up, and plant my feet again. Bring it on!
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