"You cannot control how you feel. But you can control what you do." (Growth)

Are you trying too hard to control how you feel? Don't. Instead, spend your time controlling what you do with what you feel. In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about how we react to our emotions. 

If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.

Podcast Transcript: You cannot control how you feel. But you can control what you do. This lesson is THE HARDEST THING we ever learn. Truly. And the reason is quite simple, really. It’s because how we feel is at the absolute core of almost everything that we do. It influences every single decision we make. In every way. At every time. It is the “gut feeling” that infiltrates our facts and our truths and our rational thought. It’s us— our inner monologue. The angel (or devil) that is forever on our shoulders. So, no— we can never control how we feel. And whether that feeling manifests as anger or frustration or fear or anxiety. Whether it shows up as sadness or longing or love or passion. We aren’t designed to feel a certain way. We just— do. We are. But I’ll tell you, love— in as “out of control” as we are over our emotions at times— we are ALWAYS responsible for what we do with them. Always. When they leave our hearts or heads or the deepest pits of our stomach— is is OUR JOB to make sure they don’t hurt someone else. And you can rationalize that all you want. You can make excuses for why some things just are the way they are. But— you’re not being fair. To other people. And you know that. You KNOW that. So take responsibility, love. Not for what you feel— but for what you ultimately do with what you feel.