If you judge something as ‘bad’, you must inevitably feel ‘bad’. If you judge something as ‘good’, you will feel ‘good’. This is solid emotional mathematics. True freedom, however, comes from the willingness to give up judgment for love. This is particularly true when it comes to your judgments about emotions. When you are willing to give up judging your emotions, you’re left with acceptance; and when you have acceptance, you also have love. Can you see that:
Fear, without judgment, is love.
Anger, without judgment, is love.
Guilt, without judgment, is love.
Depression, without judgment, is love.
Jealousy, without judgment, is love.
Hate, without judgment, is love.
Anxiety, without judgment, is love.
Sadness, without judgment, is love.
Pain, without judgment, is love.
Love, without judgment, is love.
excerpted from Happiness Now by Robert Holden
