Emotions are an indicator as to whether you are moving closer to your true self or farther away. They are necessary to feel, and then let them go in ‘your’ timing (moving through them). Sometimes an emotion can even be challenging to identify in times of great trauma or grief. That’s natural. The longer you deny that your emotions exist though, the longer you suffer. Allow yourself to feel; it’s not a weakness to feel emotions. It’s the exact opposite. It takes courage and strength to be authentic and transparent. It takes far more strength to recognize, honor and move through emotions in a society that pushes down emotions as if having them is ‘wrong’ or to show them in public is a character flaw or weakness.
All people are incredible and our relationship with them teaches us something. However, if I had to choose, I’d rather interact with someone who is authentic, than someone who had their professional face on all the time and never felt comfortable showing anyone their authentic self. BEing real is important to our own mental health and spiritual well-being. BEing Real also effects others with whom we interact. People tend to trust people who are authentic, and they will also follow authentic leaders. Our emotions were designed as our own inner guidance system. We are supposed to have them. Understand that we were meant to feel them. Read more about recognizing and allowing yourself to move through your emotions in my book, “BEing Spiritually Intelligent” on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0988720701/
