Love & Fear

Do you think it is possible that there are only two core emotions and that all other feelings derive from that? It is said that those two emotions are love and fear. Being happy, sad, angry, rude, passionate, just to name a few stem from love and fear. Is it possible that when we feel hatred that we are only feeling that way because we are fearing something? Do you think when we feel jealous we are only feeling that because we are fearing whatever we have or don't have? Love is the easy emotion because I think most of you will agree that love takes many forms and that it is easy to except the thought that feelings that are good come from a place of love.

The fear association is the idea that I think some of you may have difficulty excepting. It may be hard for someone who doesn't particularly care for another person to accept the thought that fear may be at the root of the feeling. Another way to consider this is that the fear may not be towards the person but of ourselves just reflected through the relationship. Another thought is do we fear our own mortality and show it through negative emotions towards others that allow us to? Maybe that is why there are people out there that are just not so kind?

As a parent thinking in terms of all emotions deriving from love and fear it is easier to have patience with my children when they act out. I am more compassionate when I think in terms that they are coming from a place of fear rather than being naughty just to be naughty. I think the situation through in a different way and try to respond from a place of love. I am far more effective handling the situation like this than I am responding from a place of my own fear.

Consider all emotion from the perspective above. When someone is treating you from a place of fear, counteract from a place of love and see what happens. It may be well worth your time. Good Luck.