Emotionhell

we waste so much energy trying to conform to what we've been conditioned to think is "normal" and "right"

and we end up fighting what is natural

we feel the need to fight back our tears or to deny our jealousy and frustrations in order to maintain some phony held-together image

sometimes we fall apart

and the power is in putting it back together, not in pretending like it isn't happening

that's the makings of a heart attack

emotions are a blessing

but we curse ourselves in their honor

if people just felt and said the way they feel right away, and other people made a comfortable environment for them to do so, we could avoid so much conflict

so many relationships slowly decay and disintegrate, unbeknownst to their participants as they sit back and hide their true feelings

and at the same time, these people's souls are painfully crumbling as well

that's how you end up waking up one day and wondering what happened and where you were when it did

our feelings are essential and important

and we shouldn't hide from them or hide them from others

it doesn't make you weak to acknowledge that you feel something and to let it be known in order to attend to it properly

lesson: don't fake.

I appreciate you vulnerability