You are all your emotions

You are all your emotions:

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You are all your emotions.

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Not just joy.

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Or sadness.

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Or anger.

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Or fear.

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Or disgust.

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Or anxiety.

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Or boredom.

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Or envy.

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Or embarrassment.

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You are not a single one of them.

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You are all of them.

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Was reminded of that watching Inside Out 2 today.

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Awesome movie.

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Think it’s better than the 1st one.

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My friend told me that and I didn’t believe him.

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After seeing it, he’s right.

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Especially for adults.

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It’s got more going on.

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It’s more complex.

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It’s deeper.

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It’s more than just a kids film.

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Even anxiety, the character.

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She just kept running around.

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Projecting.

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Playing scenarios over and over in her head that were negative.

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Constantly in motion.

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Having to think about all that doesn’t exist.

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Thinking it’s doing the best thing for you.

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But then it destroys you.

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It changes your belief system.

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It changes how you see yourself.

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The scene at the end where the dark memories get put into the pool of beliefs was powerful.

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The pool reminds me of the subconscious.

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The depths of your brain where your beliefs are built.

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Where the story of yourself originates.

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That moment at the end when Joy finally thinks back to how she got rid of so many memories was deep.

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You can’t push all your memories away.

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You can’t just dump them.

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They are all of you, even if they’re garbage or way in the back of your brain.

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All those emotions created out of memories are valid.

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You don’t just have to keep happy ones.

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You can remember sad ones.

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Like when you saw your first dead body.

Or when you went to your grandfather’s funeral.

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Or talking to your cousin when he got diagnosed with cancer.

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You remember those.

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Those emotions.

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Those tears.

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All that sadness.

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That’s just as much a part of you as your happy moments.

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Hitting a 20-foot putt on 18 to tie my dad in golf, the first time I ever did it, at a course in St. Andrews, Scotland.

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Graduating medicine.

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Going to see Madrid Manchester City with one of my best friends and walking to the stadium with the Ultras.

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All that joy.

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All those smiles.

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Those memories are just as valid as any other.

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As you grow up, you realize all those memories and emotions are a part of you.

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You can’t just dismiss them.

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You have to embrace them.

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Even the ones you don’t want to. 

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Like embarrassment.

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We need embarrassing moments just as much as we need happy moments.

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It makes us human.

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All of us on this planet experience the same emotions.

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The universal experience of struggling, of being sad, of laughing, of being happy.

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We all feel it.

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Needed that reminder today.

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Went golfing after having the worst round I’ve had in a decade.

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Could not hit the ball straight on the course.

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Lost too many balls to count.

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This is coming from someone who’s normally a 10 handicap.

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My mind got to me.

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My nerves got to me.

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I couldn’t swing straight.

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I even missed the ball on regular swings.

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Haven’t done that since I was a kid.

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Then I went golfing today after the movie and just relaxed.

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Swang as I’ve always done.

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Had some bad swings but way less.

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Hit a few birdies and had an eagle putt.

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It went way better.

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And I was happy by the end of it.

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The movie was the reminder I needed to remember to just have fun.

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Enjoy the moments.

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Wherever you are.

Whether you are nervous or happy.

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It’s all temporary.

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All your emotions.

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Just like your thoughts.

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They come and go.

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But there’s a lot more to your mind than you think.

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Watch Inside Out and Inside Out 2 to see why.

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They teach you that you are all of your emotions.

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