On Feelings

Your greatest sorrow comes not
from what you feel
but from not accepting how you feel

So ask yourself in honesty -
How do I really feel in this moment?
Regardless of what I should feel
or felt in the past
what the moment requires of me
what the people expect

I’m not asking you what others feel or think
I’m asking you
yes, you 
how do you feel?

Is it guilt that wants to be heard
or pain that’s been left unattended
Is it the fear of losing 
yourself, to the world
or not knowing weather you’ll make it
Is it anger or
sheer disappointment 
in yourself
for not having the strength 
to make yourself happy

In this wondrous journey of yours
Know that 
All of your feelings are valid
All waiting 
for a drop of kindness from yourself
to be acknowledged
finally seen and accepted 
as valid facets of yourself 

Allow them to rise
to the surface of your awareness
All are equally precious
Not one single feeling is 
in truth
better than the other

It’s only the long practiced attachment 
to how they feel 
that creates this illusion

You cannot escape your feelings
and the fastest way
out of a feeling
is through the feeling

You be the space
that allows
them to pass through you
so they can dissipate 
into thin air

It’s your awareness 
to hold space for them with
no judgement
no associations
of good or bad
that heals.