生氣 angry = aliveness

In Chinese, “angry” and “aliveness” are the same word used in different context: 生氣. The first character, 生, means – “alive, to generate”; and 氣 is qi, which is the life force (also air, breath) When anger is denied, when we divorce ourselves from angry feelings, we are cutting off a portion of our lifeContinueContinue reading “生氣 angry = aliveness”

can’t explain the feelings

Some of us can feel empty and lonely on the inside, despite having on the outside what most people will describe as a good life.  Some of us just can’t shake the feeling that “I’m a bad person” or “Nobody really likes me”, despite also having evidence that they maintain positive relationships. These may beContinueContinue reading “can’t explain the feelings”