How do you want to feel?

Part II: How do I want to feel?

The day and age I am living at, emotions are very well stated. The worldwide conquer of social media gave people an opportunity, a way for them to express their feelings, even if, in reality, showing more emotions, other than confidence, society will think of you as “weak”, or as “vulnerable.”

For that same reason, people feel confined to be something they are not. To, not show emotion when they are supposed to, which kind of eliminates the sense of freedom over the things you want to feel and know you show immense emotion towards. There is no reason to stop showing emotion! And the people that do judge you for being a heart-rending person about the things you love, are judging you, just for being a human. For you to move on as a poignant human, you have to let go of you fears, the fear of people being judgmental. A very clear example of breaking free is in the novel Tuck Everlasting, where Winnie, as she let go of her fear she thought, “Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she always wished she had” (Babbitt, 2007, p.45).

Now, when I do the activities that I love, a task that keep me sane and content, I feel an array of emotions, a colorful rainbow of them. I sense a feeling of accomplished, productivity, passion, resourcefulness. I understand that, I have a purpose, a sense belonging. I believe that doing the things you love, makes you feel like an achiever, because the things you do, the things that you do, that you are skillful at, you do them good. Because of that you detect emotions such as empowerment, knowing that you are talented. But, every now and then I have a feeling of shame and struggle that I get from work I did not do well during the day, I feel ashamed, discouraged. No matter what I do, those feelings are always going to come and go, but as long as I am surrounded by the people you love you don’t have to worry about the bad feelings, In a Blog, the author wrote about feelings and she wrote, “We seldom remember what people do, but we remember how they make us feel. My feelings are what I go to bed with at night – on a “good” day, I lay down buzzing at accomplished or loved, wearing contentment like a fuzzy old blanket. And on a “bad” day I feel less-than and incomplete. Often I couldn’t even pinpoint exactly why” (Williams, 2015, p.2) like she said, things people do, make us feel a specific way.

Overall, good emotions spark when I am around the people I love and the activites I enjoy and am skillful at, I believe everyone’s emotions are meant to be heard, personally or publicly, it’s your choice what you do of them, lock them away, or share them

What will you do?

THIS IMAGE REPRESENTS HOW OUR EMOTIONS BLEND TOGETHER TO MAKE THE PERSON WE ARE TODAY