When we repeat stories to ourselves about painful events in the past, it ensures that our pain continues into the future, long after the event is over. Dragging the past into the present prevents us from enjoying the freshness of new moments. Emotional pain needs to be felt rather than repititiously thought or talked about. Emotions create physical sensations in our bodies. Consciously feeling those sensations with equanimity helps us release them to the point that we don’t need to keep reliving the same feelings over again in different scenarios. While thinking energizes, feeling…
Heals.
Steve and Jarl
