Here’s a poem I have penned which was inspired after reading an article by Luke Coutinho about the importance of feeling, acknowledging your emotions, especially the negative ones. I have posted the article at the bottom of the page.
How we were ordered,
To feel this way and that,
And blindly in ignorance,
We followed the diktat.
How wisely we ensured,
That we denied what we felt,
To make Saints out of us,
To be guilt-free when we knelt.
And now, how do I?
Unearth the emotions,
That were so skillfully buried?
For, in it lay my Happiness Seed!
And surprisingly,
Not denying, but
Accepting them,
Is the path to be Saintly.
Link to the article by Luke Coutinho:
MySoulfood 