The Second Quality of Feelings Is How Temporary They Are

The notion of nothing having any value or meaning aside from that which we choose to put on it applies not only to the idea of feelings, but feelings themselves. We attach our own mental commentary to feelings the same way we do anything else. In many cases, that which brings us the most pain is not a bad feeling, but feeling bad about bad feelings and creating a cycle of dissatisfaction. It's easy to try to force them out and disallow them in favor of something more cliche and forced, like positivity or confidence. But gregg, wouldt that not matter? Since you also say that feelings are temporary, how would little spurts of bad feeling aquate to forces powerful