Newton’s third law, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,” not only applies to physical matter, but also to human emotions. When things get heated in a conversation, we’re likely to match the degree and pitch of one another’s energy. It’s extremely important to feel our feelings and experience them rather than suppressing or repressing them, but it’s equally important to recognize that whatever kind of energy we put out to others will be matched. It’s a corollary of the Golden Rule: we should only put out the kind of energy that we want…

Reflected back.