Quotes About Emotions

I have to tell you how nice that sound is. I haven't heard laughter in weeks.

Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

To love means to open ourselves to suffering. Shall we shut our doors to love, then and 'be safe'?" That's the only alternative, really. But locking ourselves up and never facing another person won't fix what's really going on in our souls.

I wonder if she allowed the man to see her eagerness and scared him? Possibly her failure to wait quietly caused him to curtail the friendship.

Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall to the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.

We usually know more about suppressing anger than feeling it. Tell a counselor how angry you are. Share it with friends and family. Scream into a pillow. Find ways to get it out without hurting yourself or someone else. Try walking, swimming, gardening—any type of exercise helps you externalize your anger. Do not bottle up anger inside. Instead, explore it. The anger is just another indication of the intensity of your love.

You have entered an abnormal, lonely, and unwelcome new world where you are nothing but an island of sadness.

We cannot look at the sun all the time, we cannot face death all the time.

Your sorrow is the inevitable result of circumstances beyond your control

We will never like this reality or make it okay, but eventually we accept it.

But intellect does not inform matters of the heart. Regrets

We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order to learn

are not accustomed to the emotional upheaval that accompanies a loss. People experience a wide array of emotions after a loss, from not caring to being on edge to feeling angry or sad about everything. We can go from feeling okay to feeling devastated in a minute without warning. We can have mood swings that are hard for anyone around us to comprehend, because even we don't understand them.

We're expected to go back to work immediately, keep moving, to get on with our lives. But it doesn't work that way. We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order to learn

This time, I heard a loud voice, literally heralding the reality that my daughter was never coming back. This time the depression had no walls, ceiling, or floor. It felt even more endless than before and, once again, I had to deal with this old familiar guest. I learned the only way around this storm was through it." •

Ella lo explicó diciendo: —Si yo logro que una sola persona cambie los sentimientos de odio y venganza por los de amor y compasión, entonces he sido digna de sobrevivir.

loss counts more than another. It is your loss that counts for you. It is your loss that affects you. Your loss is deep and deserves

Even when you are happy to see your friends again and laugh at their jokes, the relief is mixed with sadness and, maybe, guilt. It

And death has a cruel way of giving regrets more attention than they deserve. The

Grief will happen either as an open healing wound or as a closed festering wound, either honestly or dishonestly, either appropriately or innappropriately.

Sin embargo, lo más importante de todo es aprender a amar incondicionalmente.

so many ways, loss shows us what is precious, while love teaches us who

Most people's initial reaction to sad people is to try to cheer them up, to tell them not to look at things so grimly, to look at the bright side of life. This cheering-up reaction is often an expression of that person's own needs and that person's own inability to tolerate a long face over an extended period. A mourner should be allowed to experience his sorrow, and he will be grateful for those who can sit with him without telling him not to be sad.