Thoughts are automatic, they just happen. We cannot control a thought before it occurs. People say, “Change your thoughts, change your life”. This is true! Changing our thoughts can change our lives. But until we recognize our thought patterns, we cannot change our thoughts. Thoughts are like habits; they have become engrained because we have repeated them so many times.

Acceptance of our emotions does not mean that we don’t challenge our emotions. We are much more capable of challenging our emotions when we don’t judge them as good or bad. Feelings just ARE. Feelings are messengers alerting us that something has happened to us. Remaining neutral by observing our emotions and getting curious about them is a better approach than judging them.