In this series of learning about the importance of feeling our emotions, I have spoken about how the 'Feeling Function' is often misunderstood, its value lost.
The Feeling Function is one of life's greatest teachers.
Engaging and developing the feeling function to get to know our issues is a life-skill that I wish was taught in schools. We all have issues.
To feel loneliness: wouldn't we want to have our children taught about how to understand and learn how to work with their feelings, their issues. Emotional Fitness (TM) learning what emotions are and how to express them. In this part of the series the discussion is on Loneliness. "Are We Lonely?" A good question to ask and a difficult question to answer. We all have issues in our lives to understand and work on. Is loneliness one of yours or ours. I know I want to understand and be able to recognize my emotions and the issues that were created from the time I was born and how I am expressing them now in my life and how they have affected me. Once again this is a brilliant post. Are We Lonely? Are you lonely? Am I lonely. Do we really know the answer to this question? Don't we want to know? Read the post written by Dr. Niamh Clune on her blog "ontheplumtree." J.K. the secret keeper
“I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert~ Eat, Pray, Love