acknowledging emotions Quotes

Letting go is not the same as aversion, struggling to get rid of something. We cannot genuinely let go of what we resist. What we resist and fear secretly follows us even as we push it away. To let go of fear or trauma, we need to acknowledge just how it is. We need to feel it fully and accept that it is so. It is as it is. Letting go begins with letting be.

Instead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor.

I honor my grief. I try to be kinder to myself. I give myself time to move through and to process whatever is making me sad.

We cannot heal what we cannot feel.

Feelings are sometimes difficult to discover, and often even more difficult to acknowledge. Yet hidden in your deepest feelings is your highest truth.

To remain stable is to refrain from trying to separate yourself from a pain because you know that you cannot. Running away from fear is fear, fighting pain is pain, trying to be brave is being scared. If the mind is in pain, the mind is pain. The thinker has no other form than his thought. There is no escape.

If each of my words were a drop of water, you would see through them and glimpse what I feel: gratitude, acknowledgement.

But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.

Nothing destroys self-worth, self-acceptance and self-love faster than denying what you feel. Without feelings, you would not know where you are in life. Nor would you know what areas you need to work on. Honor your feelings. Allow yourself to feel them.

Allow yourself to feel things. Admit when you're wrong.

Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

If I defer the grief I will diminish the gift.

The only feelings you really need to fear are those you ignore.