Hi Reader,

Speaking for myself, I spend a lot of time chasing feelings I consider "good" and running from feelings we consider "bad." Thinking that when I feel good it means I'm doing something right but when I feel bad I'm doing something wrong.

I'm trying to learn to remember that this isn't true.

So in classic projection fashion I'll say it to you instead:

Whatever you're feeling right now, whether you consider it a "good" or "bad" feeling, one thing is certain: you're feeling it.

And if you're feeling it, that means you're around to feel it. You're not dead.

That's great! That means you're winning.

You have billions of years in front of you during which you won't be feeling anything. Or, if (unlike me, ha!) you're going to heaven, you will at least be feeling things in a totally different, non-organismal way than you're feeling them now.

So, enjoy those feelings, both pleasant and not pleasant, because they're all telling you the same basic truth: you're alive!