Only 2 Emotions

It has been said that there are only two primary human emotions: Fear and Love. All of our emotions are rooted in either Fear or Love. 

All positive emotions such as happiness, joy, compassion and contentment are love based emotions, While all negative emotions such as anger, hate, guilt and sadness stem from Fear. 

These 2 emotions are opposites; love cannot exist in the presence of the fear and fear cannot exist in the presence of love. That is, when we are looking at our lives through the lens of love we cannot experience fearful emotions. 

It seems simple to identify emotions such as happiness, compassion, joy, satisfaction as love based. it can be more difficult to identify our fear based emotions:

But if we dig deeper we can learn that our negative emotions are indeed rooted in Fear. 

For example: Jealousy- the fear of missing out on something. Doubt- the fear of not knowing the answer. Regret- the fear of having made the wrong choice. Anger- the fear of losing something. Shame- the fear of trusting ourselves. 

Once we are aware that all of our emotions stem from either Love or Fear, we can gain a better understanding of what we are feeling and this understanding can help us move out of fear and into a love based emotion. 

Why is it a good decision to shift from fear to love? 

Love based emotions help us create. Fear keeps us blocked. 

Love opens us to new opportunities, Fear keeps us stuck. 

Love sees possibilities- Fear makes up stories.

Love is our superpower- Fear holds us back. 

So ask yourself- in this moment, this situation, this relationship- Am I in fear or love? And if you are coming from a place of fear- be gentle with yourself. Identify the emotion, Be aware of what you are feeling and try to view the situation from a place of love.  

You can make the DECISION to choose Love.