In every moment of our existence we are observing, evaluating and responding to the influx of emotions that make up our day to day life. In general there are three responses we take. For our discussion here we will not differentiate between what we would consider “positive” or “negative” emotions.

Emotions have a natural life cycle. We receive a stimulus, which after flowing through our filters and belief systems, reaches our present moment awareness. We experience the emotion in its completeness. Once we’ve learned what we need to learn, experience what we need to experience, and grow in the way that’s best for us we release the emotion back to where it came from and move forward.