You can’t control the waves, but you can learn how to surf.

When you surf, you can’t resist the flow of the waves.  If you try to resist, you’ll end up underwater.  The same is true with emotions.  If you resist your emotions and try to fight them, they will consume you.  If instead you accept your emotions, then they lose their grip over you, and you can glide along their surface.
The key is acceptance.Only upon accepting an emotion can we move beyond it.  If you can’t accept the emotion, accept your unacceptance.  If you can’t accept your unacceptance, accept the fact that you can’t accept your unacceptance.

Do you ever take time to relax your emotions?  Next time you notice yourself in an emotional state which you don’t want to be in, give acceptance a try and let us know how it goes!