Never apologize for showing your feelings.
When you do, you are apologizing for the truth.

-José N. Harris

Hey!

It was Twosday (22/02/2022) two days ago - see what I did there? :-D

To be honest, I didn't realize it was coming up or the significance of it until I started seeing all the posts on social.

But what I did find interesting about that day is I strongly felt this pull to talk about feelings this week. Specifically, how each feeling - pleasant or unpleasant, has an opposite equal. A twin flame, if you will.

I believe they're two sides of the same coin

To drive this analogy home even further, I have a visual aid.

Now, it must've been the magic of the day because A) this isn't normally how I wash my face & B) I never thought I'd be sharing makeup-free selfies with everybody. But here we are :-D

So, two sides of the same coin. What do I mean by that. Well...

Picture A: The make-up side. Let this side represent the pleasant view - I mean, pleasant feelings

SIDE B: The make-up free side, representing the unpleasant feelings (stick with me)

When we're in the feeling - good or bad, it's easy to ONLY focus on that side.

But when we zoom out of the feeling (or in this case, the face), we can see that both sides are needed to make the whole:

Play around with this in your world...

When you catch yourself in a bad mood, ask if there's anything you need to learn from it. Ask if there's a message this feeling is trying to tell you.

Once you've collected the nugget of wisdom, zoom out and see if you can look at the whole picture. What would the opposite, more pleasant feeling, be?

Once you know what it is, ask yourself what's one thing you could do right now, to move towards feeling better?

Then, whatever the answer is, trust it and follow through with it.

As always, I'm curious to know how this worked for you! Don't be shy, hit reply & let's have a conversation about it :)

Gratefully yours,

Marybeth

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