Is it healthy to be happy in the presence of others, then sad when only surrounded by your own self? Is it beneficial to allow only the acceptable emotions, happiness and enjoyment, show when in public? I know that this isn’t the way to go. It isn’t right to allow myself to feel the lowest of lows while in the shower, because that is the only time I am truly alone. It isn’t alright to smile only when I know someone can see me. Just as it isn’t okay to cry only in the dark. I think it would only be fair to the world to give it an equal view of all of your emotions. If you’re angry, be angry, but be also aware of the correct target. If you’re sad, be sad, but don’t try to bring others down with you. And if you’re happy, then, by God, be happy, but allow others their share of emotions as well. Disengaging someone’s anger is fine, just so long as you’re willing to shoot down their smile, right? Well, maybe.
Why is it alright to feel joy, but unacceptable to feel sorrow or rage? How come it’s okay to smile, but not to cry or sneer? They’re all healthy emotions. So how come every cry has to be comforted and every smile must be nurtured? To be honest, I like being angry. It feels great to expel that amount of energy so I can start again. If I can go through that wonderful spectrum of emotions in one day, then sleeping at night comes very peacefully. And a new day can begin with ease.
They called sadness depression. However, I’m happy just as much as I am sad, so I call it balance. So it can’t be depression so much as it is just even. I enjoy the rain as much as I enjoy the sun and I embrace the day just as much as I long for the night. I don’t see why that is so hard to understand for those who claim that they are experts in human emotion.
So yes, all emotions are healthy. I can dance with joy while alone or in a crowded elevator. I can cry in a full room or use the shower spray to clean my tears. And I can rage at an active target or on paper where no one can see. All in all, nobody can tell me that feeling something is unhealthy, not when I feel it’s right. We shouldn’t need to justify our emotions to anyone.
Why is it alright to feel joy, but unacceptable to feel sorrow or rage? How come it’s okay to smile, but not to cry or sneer? They’re all healthy emotions. So how come every cry has to be comforted and every smile must be nurtured? To be honest, I like being angry. It feels great to expel that amount of energy so I can start again. If I can go through that wonderful spectrum of emotions in one day, then sleeping at night comes very peacefully. And a new day can begin with ease.
They called sadness depression. However, I’m happy just as much as I am sad, so I call it balance. So it can’t be depression so much as it is just even. I enjoy the rain as much as I enjoy the sun and I embrace the day just as much as I long for the night. I don’t see why that is so hard to understand for those who claim that they are experts in human emotion.
So yes, all emotions are healthy. I can dance with joy while alone or in a crowded elevator. I can cry in a full room or use the shower spray to clean my tears. And I can rage at an active target or on paper where no one can see. All in all, nobody can tell me that feeling something is unhealthy, not when I feel it’s right. We shouldn’t need to justify our emotions to anyone.
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