Sit with them, explore them, and validate them.
If you are feeling something, there is a reason that you are feeling that. It doesn't mean that you have to do what the emotion wants you to do, just that it makes sense that you feel that way, or would make sense if you identified where the feeling is coming from. It could be something going on around you (external), or something going on within you, or a combination. The feelings that are in reaction to something within you can be the most powerful, but the hardest to figure out.
Feelings can be deceptive. There is still a reason for feeling what you feel, but it is easy to blow it out of proportion. Feelings tell us what we want, but they don't tell us the right or most effective thing to do, necessarily. Feelings should work for you, not boss you around. You need to balance them sometimes with more rational thoughts. Feelings give you important information, but it isn't necessarily as true as it seems. Feelings tell you about you more than they tell you about what is happening around you. Feelings aren't facts.
Feelings can be confusing. I hope that this helps.
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“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.”
– John H. Groberg
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