1 Feeling Gets Cut Off, They all Go!
May 5, 2006 by Cheryl Montgomery-Nolan · Leave a Comment
Day 97 of 100: Do you have a Feeling that is Unacceptable to you?
"If you cut off one feeling, you cut them all off."
- Doc Downing, Ph.D, LMFT
We can’t just cut off one feeling. If one goes, they all go.
- Is your Anger unacceptable to you?
- Do you avoid your Sadness?
- Do you feel Depressed much of the time, but deny it to yourself and others?
- Do you carry lots of Guilt and/or Shame?
If so, you’ll probably find that your Love, and Joy, and Peace, and Happiness are all squashed and compressed and "tamped down", as well.
Have you ever had a conversation with someone while trying to ensure that you Don’t bring up an uncomfortable subject? You probably found that, in trying to avoid that subject, you’re not sure what the heck to say. That’s the same with feelings. If there’s a feeling that you "won’t go there", then it can kill your spontaniety, your aliveness and your freedom to be who you really are.
"The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy."
- Jim Rohn
The key is to ALLOW your feelings, ALL your feelings.
Embrace them. Allow them. Learn from them. Experience them. Enjoy that you are open, and feeling, and ALIVE!
(Happy Cinco de Mayo!)
