Feelings
Feelings are a strange thing but can we control them? Can we switch them on and off? Do they control our lives? Are you afraid to tell someone how you feel about them? Are you afraid of finding out how someone feels about you?
I don’t think we can control our feelings. There are people I have feelings for that I wish I didn’t. One because I know that it will never happen and two if they found out things would be awkward. Sometimes you can find yourself in a situation where you think it would be so much easier if you had feelings for someone but you just can’t help not having those feelings.
I don’t think we can switch them on and off either. I do however, think that we can ignore feelings or just not act on them. They will be there for a time but you can’t switch it off. You end up thinking about it after the moment has gone. Well I do anyway.
Feelings control everything we do. If we don’t have a good feeling about something then we avoid doing it if we can. Likewise if we have a good feeling about something we try out best to make a success of it.
I’m always afraid of telling someone how I feel. I don’t want them to worry about me and with certain people I don’t want them to know. If everyone I liked knew I liked them I would never walk out my front door.
I’m not afraid of finding out how people feel about me. I would rather know because then you can talk about it with them and know where you both stand. Granted it could make things awkward between you and the other person but only if you let it. You can have a perfectly good friendship with someone even if you do have stronger feelings about them than they do about you.
Feelings are a funny thing. They can change so quickly but the important thing is to keep positive and if you think its right then tell someone how you feel.
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lovebites_and_razorlines__
Commented 14 months ago - 23rd March 2012 - 14:28pm
I completely agree. I don't think we can control our feelings at all. Unfortunately it's just one of those things that we have to deal with as maturely as we can.
There have been many times recently that I've wished I could just shut my brain off regarding my feelings for people.
When you have still have strong feelings for someone you once were involved with, you're faced with such incapacitating internal conflict, especially when that person has moved swiftly on with somebody else.
On the one hand you have to consider their happiness.. I mean, of course you want them to be happy and successful (blah blah...) in their new relationship. But on the other hand.. You also want to wish them every bad situation in the world and secretly basque in the inner-satisfaction when things go wrong..
It's bitterness. Unavoidable bitterness. You ask yourself: What makes that person better for them than me? Even if you know, deep down the relationship may not worked out, or even if you were positive that it would; what made it so difficult to find out?
The whole point of life is to take risks. Surely nothing that's easy can truly be worth it in the long run. And at the end of the day, I'd rather not spend the rest of my life wondering 'what if...'
Feelings are best made known in my opinion. The later you leave it, the later you act, and you may just lose your chance at happiness yourself.