Emotion

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Emotion:

"I am so impressed with the importance of emotion that I say to myself, 'Be sure to entertain all your emotions,' even though I don't let them run me. On meeting a female for whom I suddenly and surprisingly discover that I have a strong attraction, I don't tell her and I do dismiss the inclination, but I don't pretend to myself that I had no such thought. If I get angry, I let it be so, but I have learned to get anger under control in a split second. I know how devastating anger let loose can be, but I don't try to say, 'Don't be angry.' I do not try to suppress myself."

Citations

1. RBF in AAUW Journal, p. 178, May '65