By Rhobie Toussaint
feel.
That joy you think you aren’t worthy of?
Feel it.
Feel it even if you think you’ve messed up too many times and you believe the last thing you should be feeling is happiness. Even if the thought of enjoying yourself and enjoying a moment for once seems unfathomable-
feel it.
Even if joy is the newest concept to you, feel it. It’s okay; you can feel good. You can smile. You can let your heart be filled with joy.
Feel.
Or if it’s that sadness, that aching pain you’ve been trying ignore, feel it.
Let it out. Cry, let the tears fall. Sob.
Shout from the top your lungs. Pray. Feel it.
You can angrily write or find a shoulders to lean on, but feel it.
Even though it hurts; even though it seems unbearable; even if the thought of you breaking down is the scariest thing in the world; Feel it.
Having feelings and accepting them does not make you weak. It makes you human.
It’s human to feel.
So feel it.
Often times we don’t let ourselves feel. Perhaps it’s because we prefer to keep our walls up, or because we don’t deserve it, or because we’ve been told not to, the list of possibilities go on and on. So I wanted to write this piece to emphasize that it’s okay to feel. It’s okay to feel joy or sadness or anger. It does us no good to hold it all in.
Let yourself feel, even if it hurts, even if you’ve been told not to because like I said previously, feeling simply makes you human.
Don’t be afraid to feel.
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