We all feel things.

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As humans, we are emotional creatures.

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No matter how hard we try to avoid our emotions.

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The body feels what the body feels.

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Our hearts ache all the same, no matter what stories we tell ourselves.

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The discomfort of pain, loss, grief, sorrow, fear, and regret are inevitable.

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For if we live in the world, we will experience all of it.

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As well as love, joy, happiness, excitement, and bliss.

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They are all a part of what makes us human.

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Sometimes, we try to avoid some of, if not most of, our feelings.

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We might tell ourselves that we will not regret what we have done.

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And truly believe it.

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Yet regret creeps in nonetheless.

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Or we could close ourselves off so we won't feel the agony or pain of loss.

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But by doing so, we have lost something precious indeed.

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One day, often when we have no choice but to face our feelings, we may find that there is a great deal of regret and pain inside of us.

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Telling ourselves we will not feel it, we will just ignore it, and keep going, only works for so long.

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Eventually, all those emotions we have been trying to avoid, trying to hide from, will come to the surface in a burst of raw energy.

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And the tears will flow.

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The screaming, sobbing and crying will be uncontrollable.

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Our bodies will writhe as the feelings we have forced down and tried to avoid make their way from our unconscious to our consciousness.

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It could feel overwhelming.

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Like a tsunami that comes crashing down on our head.

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For the longer we have avoided these painful feelings, the stronger they will be when we finally do feel them.

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There is no thinking our way out of feeling.

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No place to hide from our own true heart.

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So as these energies rise to the surface and flow out from our nervous system, they clear a path in their wake.

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The amazing thing is that once we have braved the torrents of emotion and truly felt our way through it all, there is a sense of relief.

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An exhaustion that follows the waves of distress.

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And once we recover from that wildfire, we might just find that we are better able to feel gratitude.

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Suddenly, joy and happiness are not so elusive.

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Having felt all the horrible feelings that we have been suppressing for so long, we are now able to feel the emotions we actually want to feel.

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For when we cut ourselves off from feeling, we cut ourselves off from all feelings.

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When we allow and embrace the feeling that are present, then we can feel everything.

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The elation that waits for us is just on the other side of all that fear and pain.

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Isn't it about time we stop running away from our feelings?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour