What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?
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Negative feelings never send a warning.
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They don’t knock.
They don’t announce their arrival.
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One moment the day feels normal,
and the next moment
something inside the heart
becomes strangely heavy.
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Suddenly my mind
starts doing what it does best
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overthinking.
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My brain, honestly,
deserves a gold medal
for creating problems
that may not even exist.
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And then…
the eyes decide
to join the drama.
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One tear appears.
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Then another.
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And before I know it,
my emotions have opened
a small water supply project.
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Very efficient.
Very dramatic.
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That is usually the moment
I reach for my simplest cure.
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Music.
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No advice.
No lectures.
No motivational speeches.
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Just one simple song.
.
And something quiet
begins to change.
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The storm inside
slows down a little.
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The heart loosens its grip
on whatever sadness
it was holding five minutes ago.
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Strange thing about music is
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it understands emotions
without asking any questions.
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Sometimes I even laugh
at myself thinking,
.
“Really?
I was this sad just a moment ago?”
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Because somewhere
between one lyric and the next,
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the world feels
a little lighter,
a little kinder,
and slightly less dramatic.
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Which makes me believe
something very simple
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sometimes life doesn’t need
big solutions.
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Sometimes all it needs
is a simple song,
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a few honest tears,
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and a heart
willing to press play again.
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—Rajeshwari 🧿💕
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