Feelings are too Feely
A very common statement: Emotions are messy. An equally common statement: You're too sensitive. I already understand the likelihood, Reader, that if you haven't heard both statements, you've at least heard one. I would say this post is about emotional intelligence, but really it's about one component of emotional intelligence: understanding yourself and your own emotions. How your emotions interact with your environment and why. I am by no means an expert at this. Nobody is. Here, however, are my thoughts. We are victims to our own insecurities and therefore others fall victim to our insecurities Feelings are physically messy, yes. Feelings present themselves in snot-covered rags and sticky tears which have turned our cheeks raw red. Feelings are laugh lines and an urgently scheduled botox appointment. Feelings are grey hair and skinned fingertips from stress-peelers. Paint spatters. Calluses from guitar strings. Sweat in our palms. We see their effects on us in the phy...