There are no opposites

I had started the day on a happy note. But at about noon, the call came in.

Someone I respect broke the news. It was a bad one. I wasn’t prepared for it.

I felt sad.

Sad, is not the opposite of happy. I have heard it being said sometimes and I believe differently.

Like I shared with The Daily Vulnerable community several weeks ago, I cringe each time I hear this.

It was the same way I cringed when I heard over the radio that the opposite of black is white, or that greed is the opposite of generosity.

Emotions have no opposites. They are as they are, each exhibiting its unique identity.

Each of our emotion is whole, as it is - and available to be expressed as part of our human experience.