Feelings help us know what’s working and what’s causing stress in our lives. They can be natural reactions to the environment or, if we’re willing to listen with an open mind, they can also inform us when we’re over-reacting or misinterpreting. Painful and negative reactions can be based on wounds from childhood that still handicap our view of the world. We don’t need to act on all our feelings, but they all need to be felt. Rather than justifying, stewing or fighting them, feeling the sensations in our bodies that the feelings evoke, allows them to heal and…

Fade away.