Monday, March 20, 2006

Befriending feelings

A dear friend of mine gave me this:

Today I befriend my feelings without judgment. If I am lonely or depressed, I need not act on that feeling, seeing it as unrecovered, then going through complicated mental machinations to change it. Instead I give it space and observe it, knowing that this process will have a transforming effect. I allow myself to feel other than what I am supposed to feel. I give room to a feeling and befriend it rather than push it away with impatient, intolerant thoughts. My feelings follow a pattern. Rather than control them, I simply watch as a feeling arises, intensifies, hangs around inside of me and lifts all of its own accord. I need not rush my own process of life today. I can be with it. I can allow it to be with me. I can be fully human and alive.

I observe my feeling process rather than control it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wow. that's awesome.