Every time you feel a big emotion rise up inside you, imagine your emotion(s) as a little child coming to you with their whole heart open and exposed, trying to tell you what they’re feeling inside. Their emotion isn’t wrong, dramatic, or too much. It’s simply the little child inside you asking to be seen, heard, known and held. When you ignore their emotion(s), it feels the same as ignoring your child who came to you with their hands trembling and and their eyes full of tears. When you do this, it leaves that part of you feeling abandoned, unseen, unknown, unheard and feeling invisible & unimportant, as if their truth didn’t matter enough to be noticed.  Love is making someone feel seen, heard, known and special to you.  So, basically, it leaves that part of you feeling UNLOVED.

And when you dismiss any of your emotions or tell yourself you “shouldn’t feel that way,” it’s like you are telling that little child that their voice doesn’t matter or count. The little child inside of you gets stuck with that sad feeling, and now they begin to question themselves from the inside out. They might begin to question their body, their perceptions, things they are sensing that feel real to them, and their inner “know” of who they believe, feel or think they are. Then they might start to wonder “Is something wrong with me?” when all they really needed was your love:  your time, attention, presence, comfort, gentleness, and to hear you say, “I see you. I hear you. I’m with you. I’m for you.  I care about what you are feeling and thinking.  I am in your corner. I am not going anywhere.  You’re safe with me.”

When you pause long enough to become aware about what you’re feeling, when you begin to validate your feelings/emotions, when you begin to comfort and soothe yourself, something beautiful begins to happen. That little child inside you feels safe again. They feel LOVED!  They feel SEEN!  They feel HEARD.  They feel KNOWN.  They feel supported, understood, and no longer alone. And in that safety you have created for them to express their REAL, their emotions can finally move through you instead of getting trapped inside the storehouse within you. 

This is where Love Himself meets you ~right in the middle of ALL the feelings and emotions ! Love Himself helps you hold what feels too big for you to carry or store inside anymore. Love reminds you that nothing you feel is too much for Him.  That’s what I love about Love, Jesus just makes EVERYTHING better no matter what you are going through or what you are still storing inside or carrying that is much too big for you.

In the House of Love, this is how we treat all of our emotions. We don’t shame, silence, or push our feelings or emotions away. We don’t treat our emotions as problems we need to fix or weaknesses we need to hide. We treat our emotions as tender little ones who need to feel Love. And Love Himself is the One who teaches us how to do this. Love bends down to us eye level, holds our trembling hands and heavy emotions into His arms, and whispers, “I’m here. I see you. I hear you.  I love you.  I’m not leaving you.” When you let Love Himself sit with you and beside you in those moments, you begin to treat your own heart the way He treats YOU !  You begin to treat yourself gently, patiently, compassionately, without judgment or pressure.  And then once you learn to love and treat yourself the way Love Himself does, Jesus love inside of you shows you how to become HIS LOVE to others all around you.

Loving your emotions with Love Himself means letting Love be the atmosphere your heart peacefully breathes in. It means letting Love hold the parts of you that feel scared, anxious, stressed, overwhelmed, insecure or unsure. It means letting Love teach you how to comfort yourself the way He comforts you. And as you do, something inside of you begins to shift. Instead of fighting your emotions, you learn it is being love to yourself to start listening to them. Instead of fearing your emotions you  start understanding why you feel that way and you love yourself through them one by one. You stop running from your emotions and start embracing your REAL emotions with the same loving-kindness and tenderness Love Himself uses when He embraces you ~ all of you, including all of your emotions…

This is the Heart2Heart way. This is the House of Love way. This is the way of Love Himself ~the Father of Love who never ignores, never dismisses, never abandons, but always comes close, always comforts, and always heals YOU. When you learn to love your emotions with Love Himself, you begin to live from a heart that not only feels safe but is safe, steady, and deeply held and embraced. And from that LOVED place, Love flows freely ~from His heart to your heart and to others hearts all around you!  Love is a WIN-WIN experience!  So, learn to LOVE you ~ loving your emotions with Love Himself! Your Love testimony will bless the whole world around you once Love Himself heals your little ones (emotions) inside of you! 

Heart2Heart in His Love,

Momo Smiley

 

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