Normalizing Discomfort, Pain, Heartbreak, And Other Sticky Emotions We Hate To Feel

There is no need to maximize the feel-good emotions while avoiding the ones that make us feel like shit when both are gifts from creation.

Just a few moments ago I read a vulnerable confession online from a young lady I have known for a long while. She shared that she is having a difficult time dealing with unrequited love, as she is always seen as a friend but never a lover in the eyes of men she is attracted to. She claims she prayed and asked God to take the pain and heartache away, and…