“Feelings are not impulses that need to be controlled; they are tools that we need to learn how to use well so that we do not behave impulsively and act out without the ability to take responsibility. They are tools that allow us to live truthfully and move responsibly. They are good because they allow us to process life experience—not as a mechanical rationale of moving ourselves about like widgets, but to process life as a living, breathing experience over which we really do not have control. Feelings are required material to be able to live the human experience rather than a mechanistic objectification of our existence.”