I felt like crap today, so I decided to just go with it. I built myself a little nest on the couch and surrounded myself with books, music, knitting, tea, and chocolate. I felt a little bit guilty for what I felt was wallowing in the crap feeling. But as I finished a book (the last in The Hunger Games series), started a couple new ones, did a little schoolwork and knitting, I began to feel better. And I decided that although I see the value in "act[ing] the way you want to feel" (from The Happiness Project, one of the new books I started), I also think there is value in being honest and just acting the way you feel. I am all for trying to feel happier and better, but I also that we have a tendency to fight negative emotions and to try to push them away, which often doesn't work and ends up making us feel worse. I think sometimes we need to just name how we feel and live with ourselves in that space, and allow others to do the same.
Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer. ~ Barbara Kingsolver
Comments
Post a Comment