I asked yesterday to Let’s Support a Military Widow who is struggling with her emotions. A oouple of comments made me think

• Feelings are what separates us from machine. Feelings make us human.
• Feelings should be cherished and not feared….it is a sign that we are a living human being.
• Feelings are negative only when we see them as negative. If we believe we are depressed then we are…if we see our depression as part of the grief process and learn to start seeing what we can do and what we have rather than what we can’t and what we have lost…then we can start moving forward.
• Feelings are universal…we all feel….we should never feel ashamed of crying in public as it is a sign of our strength not a weakness. I say a strength because we recognise our feelings and are not ashamed to show our pain

I am not going to fear the feelings any more, I will embrace them as part of me. I want to be a   whole human being that feels all the range of emotions – that will make me stronger and a better human being.

After all if we embrace the fear doesn’t the fear go away?

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