(From my book, “Lessons in Love,” pp 149-150)
When you deny your emotions and feelings, you
are controlled by them and may not even know it.
A simple way to get in touch with your feelings is to
write them down at the end of the day or whenever
you can.
Talk about feelings with other interested and trusting
persons. Ask them how they feel? Tell them how you
feel. Practice identifying your feelings.
When you are angry, acknowledge to yourself that
you are angry. Do not stuff it.
If you feel driven by fear, let yourself know it. Seek to
understand the fear? Then let it go, and instead
choose to feel a better feeling, such as love.
When you deny your emotions and feelings, you
are controlled by them and may not even know it.
Get to know your feelings, but do it in safety. Do it
with caring and trusting friends. Do it with a Higher
Power.
Do not rush things; everything has it’s moment.
Do not rush the process of feelings, simply
feel what you are feeling, and nothing more.
The point of feeling our feelings is to feel good, and
feeling good comes naturally when we are open to
feeling in a Divine and caring way.
