Monday 4 April 2011
Being human
As humans we are made to feel the whole range of emotions from horrid to bad to good to great. When depressed all I felt was numbness or panic. By denying ourselves that range of feeling we deny ourselves the chance to really be alive and really experience life, and that is all we really have. It is hard to be open to feeling the challenging and difficult emotions, but without that we miss out on all the good ones.
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Yes! Oui! I've been saying the same thing to people who ask me how I've been doing since my father died. My exact words: "I have plenty of sad moments, but it's better than not feeling anything at all." Great minds think alike!
ReplyDeleteDiane - you are right, great minds think alike. It's hard to remember sometimes that emotions we view as negative are normal and a part of being alive.
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