Have you ever felt so much emotion that you just start apologizing? You say I’m sorry that I’m so angry or I’m sorry that I’m so upset. I just want you to know that you should never apologize for feeling.

Something made you feel that way, and you should never have to apologize for that.

From personal experience, I have realized that far too often people do not realize the strength of their words. They do not realize how a simple sentence can make a person feel so much. Whether it’s pain, happiness, sadness, or love, we have this incredible ability to feel.

I believe that if you love a person, you should tell them, tell them every second of every day. But as much as I believe this, I also believe that you should never throw “love” around like it’s nothing. Never tell a person that you love them unless you feel that love all the way to your core. Because with that word, you can make someone feel, and they can feel that love to the deepest part of them. You have the ability to tear them down to bits and pieces. As easily as you threw out that love, you can take it away.

You have no right to say the words a person wants to hear just to get what you want. Because once you change your mind, they might not remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel.

You do not need rationalize your feelings to anyone, not even yourself. You don’t have to immediately get over the guy that you only talked to for three weeks. Because he made you feel. You do not have to be on to the next girl after one stood you up the night before. Because she made you feel. You are allowed to be hurt and sad for as long as you want. It can be a day, it can be an hour, or it can be months. Whatever you feel, feel it for as long as you need.

A person brought out certain feelings in you. You have never felt something for no reason; there’s always a reason. You’re mad because he made plans with you and cancelled them in the same breath. You’re happy because she finally told you she loves you. And you’re heartbroken because the person who used to see you as the world won’t even give you the time of day.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you’re being too emotional, or that you need to get over it, because you don’t. You decide what to feel and when, you are in control, no one else is allowed to tell you how you should or shouldn’t feel. There’s no such thing as feeling too much, because you feel based on your experiences and surroundings.

You were blessed with the ability to feel love, happiness, sadness, and anger. So feel them. Feel them with all that you are, and never apologize.