Negative emotions are not the problem—rejecting their existence and considering them to be negative are the greatest obstacles to our emotional development.
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Your initial emotional reaction to a situation may be based on a past experience
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Good and bad emotions are there to guide you; i
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Finding a balance between comfort and challenge
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In order to make sense of the chaos, we need to be more accepting of the emotions we feel during these difficulties by engaging compassion and a sense of curiosity.
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Will this lead me toward becoming the person I want to be? Do I enjoy what I am doing? Can this pursuit really be a success?
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Every emotion is felt for a reason, and it is only when we truly accept all of our emotions as guiding lights through life that we will truly learn how to live it to the full
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Negative emotions are not the problem—rejecting their existence and considering them to be negative are the greatest obstacles to our emotional development.
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” If we are truly meant to be happy all of the time, why do these “negative” emotions exist?
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. Yet we are taught from an early age that negative emotions like sadness, anger, and fear are bad: