Doug Desenberg

“Accept Your Feelings Your feelings are your heart and gut response to the world.   Everything you feel is okay. Feelings can be difficult. Accept your feelings.   Sometimes you can trust them as honest responses to people and events. Sometimes you can't trust them, they are reactions to people and events. Keep sorting this out.   Your feelings will tell you what you really need. Learn to be gracious with your unmet needs.   Kindly ask for what you want. Respect everybody's right to say yes or no to your needs.   Give up self centeredness as much as possible.   Please enjoy your feelings!   You will learn this sitting quietly.”
― Tai Sheridan, Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Simple Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha