Up: [[Emotions]] Created: 2023-09-29 Updated: 2023-11-18 > [!Orbit] Pema Chodron in *Start Where You Are* > Affirmations are like screaming that you’re okay in order to overcome this whisper that you’re not. That’s a big contrast to actually uncovering the whisper, realizing that it’s a passing memory, and moving closer to all those fears and all those edgy feelings that maybe you’re not okay. Well, no big deal. None of us is okay and all of us are fine. It’s not just one way. We are walking, talking paradoxes. With affirmations you’re **telling** yourself how to feel instead of **feeling** the way you feel. It's an act of emotional sabotage, denying or repressing the truth of a situation. The appropriate action is to **Be with whatever emotion appears and let it move through you.**