[Erin Pavlina]

There was a time recently when I felt angry and asked myself if I wanted to feel angry, and the answer came back as "yes" but only so I could fully express myself and get answers to questions that had bothered me about the situation. Once I had those answers, I immediately let go of the anger and allowed myself to feel cheerful once again. I even laughed with the person I was angry at. But it was the first time I consciously decided to allow myself to feel anger even though I knew I didn't have to. So in that sense, I was in control of the emotion, it wasn't in control of me.