Emotions are sometimes overrated!
Emotions, are simple. Their complexity is often overrated. Broadly, you can divide your emotions into two parts:
- Positive ones: One which makes you feel better.
- Negative ones: One which makes you feel sad, or sometimes, even desperate.
Even their meanings are not much complex. to really make your life simple, you can:
- Take the negative emotions as a call to action. If you can, then do something about it.
- Take the positive ones as a reward for those call to actions. It's something to cherish upon!
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