is not about managing your emotions; it is about managing your reactions to your emotions - Yung Pueblo

one of my greatest mistakes was believing that another person could hold together all the pieces of me

You know you have been away from the present moment for far too long when your mind starts rehashing old grudges and gets caught up in imaginary arguments.

as our self-awareness deepens, we begin to understand that much of who we are and how we see the world is formed through the accumulation of past emotional reactions.