Caroline Ayeni

Emotions help us to identify the state of our mind with certain events, words spoken or acts done. Emotions are expressed through feelings. It is not static; it varies depending on what triggers it in the first place.

To progress in life or to make any significant difference at all, we must learn to handle our emotions and not be swayed by it as it changes. Emotions are ways of expressing the state of mind of a person, it is not the makeup of that person.

Emotion varies with words and situations; the pace of life or motivation for life should not be based on emotions. In holding on to the word of God and the will of God for our lives, how we feel about it does not come to play.

There comes a time in our lives that we need to make some crucial decisions about what we want and how to move to the next phase of our journey in life.

When that time came for me, I realized that I cannot plan my life or continue to live my life on the impulses of my emotions, whether it feels right or not irrespective of the theory behind it. I had to learn how to handle my emotions, choose how I want to react to situations per time to make significant progress in life.

To decide to live above the dictates of the body is not easy at first but it pays off in the long run plus it gets easier. It is better to pay the price needed to secure that desired future to feature in it or miss the whole picture altogether.

The more we give in to our feelings; making the decision of life based on our feelings, the more we allow our feelings to control and dictate our paths in life.

Setting and achieving goals goes beyond what is felt. If all that is left were feelings, so many things would have been rendered impossible.