生氣 angry = aliveness

I just noticed that in Chinese “angry” and “aliveness” are the same word used in different context. Also, on its own, the first character 生 means – “alive, to generate”, and 氣 means “energy (also air/gas)” When anger is denied, when we divorce ourselves from angry feelings, we are cutting off a portion of ourContinue 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 beContinue reading “can’t explain the feelings”