Bitterness-shows you where you need to heal, where you’re still holding judgements on others and yourself
Resentment-shows you where you’re living in the past and not following the present to be as it is
Discomfort-shows you that you need to pay attention right now to what is happening, because you’re being given the opportunity to change, to do something differently than you typically do it
Anger-shows what you’re passionate about, where your boundaries are, and what you believe needs to change about the world
Disappointment-shows that you tried for something, that you did not give in to apathy, that you still care
Guilt-shows that you’re still living life in other people’s expectations of what you should do
Shame-shows that you’re internalizing other people’s beliefs about who you should be (or who you are) and that you need to reconnect with yourself
Anxiety-shows that you need to wake up, right now, and that you need to be present, that you’re stuck in the past and living in fear of the future
Sadness-shows you the depth of your feeling, the depth of your care for others and this world
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