A revelation that I got recently: we're emotional creatures at the core. We try to rationalize everything, for some reason we assume that intellect is safer or better than feelings, I guess it's a function of our social programming, especially in the past three hundred years or so, since science overtook any other approaches to thought and experience. But that doesn't deny how our bodies process life, how our memories condition our responses or how empathy (willing or not) defines our communication not just with other people but with other creatures and even places.

It's so important for us to truly and honestly delve into our emotional state, to let it happen. In my recent experience, that's the only way we can find balance and peace.