Life is all about
feelings. That’s what I think, anyways.
Feelings.
Close your eyes for a moment and think about how you feel
when:
~ you are wrapped in a really warm, heated blanket.
~ when you lift your face up to the sunshine, close your
eyes, and feel the warmth of the heat to not just your skin…but your soul.
~ that first moment of grief when you are told someone you
love, has passed on and your body is consumed so much that sobs start shaking
within you until they pour out – loudly.
~ when your child runs to you with open arms and jumps into
your outstretched arms with a smile on their face and a heart innocently open
to yours. When you are their “everything.”
~ How about that moment when you first locked eyes with your
spouse?
~ Remember the moment when you laughed so hard that you had
tears coming out of your eyes. Afterwards, your belly hurt from laughing so
hard, but you felt utterly, completely, happy in the moment.
~ Take yourself to the moment when a news story grabbed your
attention with riveting, heart wrenching devastation. You wanted to help, but
felt so helpless.
You see – life is all about feelings. Why then, do we try so
hard to shield them from everyone else around us? Why do we try to bury them,
hide them, or at the very least – minimize the impact they are having on us?
I LOVE feeling life. I love how it feels to laugh. Yes,
sometimes I even love how it feels to cry. For even though it hurts, I’m
alive and I’ve loved and it feels good to feel those things. I have a right to cry over someone who has meant something so dearly
to me. I have a right to laugh and smile – merely enjoying the beauty of
life. More than that – I think God
gave me those feelings because they are also a part of Him.
The Bible tells us that God grieved. He loved. He enjoyed
the company of others. God felt
life in its fullest. As should we.
Life IS a journey of the emotions. It’s a path full of
feelings. Let yourself feel them. Let them teach you and guide you. The world may minimize some feelings,
but they are very real and very powerful. They are like a chain – tying one
part of our life to the other.
Let yourself feel.
Let yourself love and mourn.
For no one else can feel the moments of your life…quite like you.
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