Can one just know hope and not know despair?
Can one just know affection and not know anger?
Can one just know joy and not know depression?
Can one just know passion and not know envy?
Can one just know love and not know hatred?
Am wondering if we can label emotions as good ones and bad ones, and then pick and choose which one to keep and which one to let go.
If I don’t know how to love then may be its understandable that I can’t hate. But if I am capable of love, then by definition I should also be capable of hatred. Emotions are spontaneous response to certain events and situations so all that should matter is do I get inspired by those events or not. Because if I do - then whether my response is positive or negative should entirely be dictated by the context. Just like you can’t have a pendulum that swings only one way, similarly I don’t think one can have emotions that are always nice and good.
So should I be embarrassed of negative emotions? Or should I be embarrassed of denying their existence because that would be hypocritical?
I think I would rather admit them.
But is it good to flaunt hatred, envy, anger? or Is it good to have depression, despair?
Definitely not.
But denying their existence is not the solution. I think solution should be to admit their existence and then try and cure them. And sometimes even a cure is not needed. Sometimes, its good to get angry. Sometimes its good to hate. Sometimes its good to envy.
So, preferably we should just let emotions be what they are – spontaneous, instantaneous and honest. There ain’t any perfect emotions because perfection is meant for machines. Man by definition needs to be imperfect
Album recommendation of the day:
By the way, listen to Saawariya, absolutely amazing music. All the songs are so good that I have not yet been able to decide which one is my favourite. Had not heard of Monty Sharma before but now I really wanna hear a lot more of him.
Can one just know affection and not know anger?
Can one just know joy and not know depression?
Can one just know passion and not know envy?
Can one just know love and not know hatred?
Am wondering if we can label emotions as good ones and bad ones, and then pick and choose which one to keep and which one to let go.
If I don’t know how to love then may be its understandable that I can’t hate. But if I am capable of love, then by definition I should also be capable of hatred. Emotions are spontaneous response to certain events and situations so all that should matter is do I get inspired by those events or not. Because if I do - then whether my response is positive or negative should entirely be dictated by the context. Just like you can’t have a pendulum that swings only one way, similarly I don’t think one can have emotions that are always nice and good.
So should I be embarrassed of negative emotions? Or should I be embarrassed of denying their existence because that would be hypocritical?
I think I would rather admit them.
But is it good to flaunt hatred, envy, anger? or Is it good to have depression, despair?
Definitely not.
But denying their existence is not the solution. I think solution should be to admit their existence and then try and cure them. And sometimes even a cure is not needed. Sometimes, its good to get angry. Sometimes its good to hate. Sometimes its good to envy.
So, preferably we should just let emotions be what they are – spontaneous, instantaneous and honest. There ain’t any perfect emotions because perfection is meant for machines. Man by definition needs to be imperfect
Album recommendation of the day:
By the way, listen to Saawariya, absolutely amazing music. All the songs are so good that I have not yet been able to decide which one is my favourite. Had not heard of Monty Sharma before but now I really wanna hear a lot more of him.
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