The Purpose of "Negative" Emotions

The Purpose of “Negative” Emotions

GUILT, ANGER, FEAR, JEALOUSY and other “negative” emotions are not just some random annoyance we need to get rid of. They are indeed very valuable because they show us our own as well as other peoples boundaries. They also show us that we need to take responsibility: We can either choose to respect and accept these boundaries from now on or we need to create more space for ourselves so we will not have to transgress these boundaries anymore. The choice is ours to make. We should just never ignore, suppress or otherwise disrespect our own and/or others feelings for it will only result in more undesirable experiences for all involved.

These last three months have been more than challenging for me in all aspects of life. I have been going through endless cycles of releasing pain, anger, fear, guilt and other emotions we usually classify as negative. There was no way around it and I’m still not done. But today is the day that I want to celebrate my freedom.

I want to celebrate the freedom to accept and honor my own feelings and boundaries. I want to celebrate the freedom to communicate these emotions so they can be resolved. Through keeping them hidden from ourselves and others we only make them grow and grow and grow until they erupt which usually ends in serious damage. And I want to celebrate the existence of my boundaries because they show me, just like a riverbed does for a river, which is the right direction to flow and which isn’t.

So if you have also been going through experiences like this lately, celebrate with me. Yes, celebrate, because these emotions are really just helping you to respect yourself and others and in the end will empower you to live the life you came here to live on our beautiful Mother Earth.

Blessings to y’all

with much love and gratitude

Yamile Yemoonyah

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 4:39 pm and is filed under Inspired and tagged with healing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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Dave Kitchen says:

November 5, 2009 at 5:00 am

You are like my family, Yamile. We are all learning about boundaries. I had severe brain damage to come back from. Doctor’s medicines nearly killed me and they damaged my brain. I went from being a baby who slobbered and had to be fed.
And had to mature all over again. It was a faster process than going through my whole life . But it has taken ten years of my life to recover. And, at this stage, I might have reached some form of adulthood. It has been very hard.
But the internet and all you folks all over the world have helped by giving me someone to focus on other than myself and my disability, which is nearly gone.
Maybe the word I LOVE my friends is a little too strong for folks. But I care for all the friends that I have made on here from all over the world. I read all your posts. And I feel your souls. It has been a good thing for my recovery.
So thanks seems kinda incomplete as a word to say how grateful I am.
But it’s all I can think of for right now.
Thank you (S’gi in Cherokee),
Dave