let’s normalize jealousy + envy.
+ while we’re at it, let’s accept eye rolling as a valid response.
this isn’t some attempt to be funny + apathetic, either.
you’ve felt these feelings before, amirite fam?
today, instead of beating yourself up over your initial response, feel your feelings.
making a big deal about feeling one way or another isn’t necessary, fam.
normalizing feelings we consider negative neutralizes them.
when we accept them for what they are, they are no longer stigmatized or energetically charged — they simply are.
allow your feelings to do their job.
feelings are full of feedback + they are inviting your to investigate what is causing you discomfort or disease in your life right now.
you don’t have to place a label on them when they are simply doing what they do.
give yourself space to feel what you feel + then decide whether or not you want to stay there + hold onto that feeling for a bit longer or if you’d rather explore a different feeling.
we don’t know there is another way to feel until we discover another way to feel, fam.
living life warrants feelings about it, so why give yourself the blues over something so trivial as initially experiencing life one way + then deciding to do something different?
whether you’re envious or full of admiration,
or you’re rolling your eyes in annoyance or in full acceptance + extending pleasantries,
remember it’s all a choice to:
1) feel how you feel
+
2) give yourself a hard time for feeling how you feel.
the question is:
will you allow yourself + others to feel what is being felt without attaching an expectation of how one is “suppose” to act in the moment?
be you, be dope!
Phylicia Sadsarin
Mindset Coach
journal prompt(s) for today:
growing up, were you allowed to roll your eyes + suck your teeth? why or why not?
do you believe jealousy is bad? explain your answer.