Every Feeling Fully Felt Leads to Love

I have long suspected that one of the greatest fears human beings carry is not the fear of death, failure, or rejection, but the simple fear of feeling deeply.

Many uncomfortable emotions evoke fear simply because they are painful. We spend enormous amounts of time and energy trying not to feel sadness, loss, loneliness, shame, despair, and especially grief. We distract ourselves, numb ourselves, stay busy, stay hopeful, stay productive. Anything but feel what is waiting beneath the surface. And yet there is another way.

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