Boy, I was wrong!
Sad to say, I came to understand this only about a year back. But it’s better now than later.
The truth is, emotions are never permanent. It often switches from one corner to the other. One moment you are jealous, leading to frustration and sadness and the next moment, someone cheers you up with some funny gestures and you feel much better, even going to the extent of laughing.
At that point, at that very point when you’re laughing, do you actually remember your past sad incidents?
Honestly, you just wouldn’t! Because it feels so damn good to have a good laugh, especially with your loved ones.
So, where did that emotion go? You know, the one when you were feeling jealous, frustrated and sad. Where did all that go?
Poof! It just vanished.
Strange, right? And we thought grieving lasts a long time. Even happiness doesn’t last long. Unless, you choose to.
I also understood something else. Anger turns into revenge, jealousy turns into hatred and sadness turns into depression not only because we chose that emotions but also because we suppressed it for a long period of time. Or at least, I suppressed it for way too long.
If we could all just tell out how we feel at the time we felt it (both positive or negative emotions), wouldn’t that solve all problems?
I may understand all this - that emotions need to be expressed right at the moment for me to feel better. But if I don’t put this into practice, I also know, my understanding will remain an understanding and will not be something applicable.
So I thought, why not express myself as much as I can no matter if it’s good or bad?
And my mind, as quick as it can be says, ‘This better be fun.’
