“Feelings are feelings,” I argue. “How are you supposed to choose them?” “First of all by believing you can, then giving yourself the authority to do so.” “That’s not possible.” “It’s whatever you make of it. Emotions and feelings are meant to be tools for life, not the rules for life. They can be physically powerful and seem very real, but they’re only memories, opinions and frames of the mind woven together. Use them to build or destroy your moments of time. Those are the seeds that contain your dreams. Feelings are not to be honored — they are to be honed. A carpenter does not worship his
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