Monday, April 2, 2012

Feelings Shmeelings

What do you do when you "feel" or "don't feel" a certain way?

Example: You don't feel like davening.

Answer - Ignore your feelings. Daven anyway.

Example: You don't feel loving towards your wife/husband.

Answer: Be loving anyway.

Example: A person feels inappropriately towards someone else's wife/husband chas vi-shalom.

Answer: Ignore it. Just silly chemicals making you feel that way.

Example: Feeling down and yichee.

Answer: [Sometimes not always!] Just keep going. It'll pass.

Conclusion: Don't let your feelings control you.

Feelings shmeelings:-)!

[PS - Sometimes feelings MUST be explored. Sometimes. But other times they may be ignored.]