We live in a world that whispers “tone it down.” Keep your voice low. Don’t be too much. Smile, but not too wide. Cry, but quietly. We’ve been trained to shrink our emotions into neat, manageable packages that don’t embarrass us or inconvenience anyone else.

But what if I told you that your emotions are meant to be BIG?
Colossal. Gigantic. Titanic. Unlimited. Immense. Boundless. Massive. Cosmic.

How often do you use these words to express what you feel? Or is there fear and control, a dimming down and lessening of the actual size of the thoughts you have, the excitement, and curiosity?

Every emotion you experience – whether it’s explosive joy, crushing disappointment, or burning anger – deserves space to exist fully.

Take gratitude, for example. “I have gigantic gratitude for what I’m learning about AI and the help I receive from other people who are also exploring and learning about this miracle of technology.”

Unbounded gratitude… titanic gratitude… massive and unlimited gratitude…

How reasonable and accurate is it to feel this way, talk this way, and write this way?

When you allow yourself to feel deeply and express genuinely, something magical happens. You become more alive, more present, more YOU. Big emotions create big connections – both with yourself and others. People are drawn to authenticity because it permits them to be real, too.

Think about the people who’ve impacted you most. Were they the ones who played it safe emotionally, or were they the ones who laughed with their whole body, cried without shame, and spoke their truth with passionate conviction?

Why not take the risk to share something Massive? Let it run you and be logically out of control.

“My gratitude is large.” That works. It can be true, but what if you search deeper and discover you feel something much more intense? Why not stretch yourself and go beyond some limits you might have unnaturally set? “My gratitude is boundless.”

Go ahead – be swept and released by the vast size of something because when you do, you’ll feel so good, so free and true to yourself.

And – be aware of that inner voice of yours, the heckler who wants to kill your feelings and says: “You have gone too far! You’re excessive. What will people think! Reel it in. Calm down. Get back to bland.”

It is not unnatural to use these strong and passionate words to say what you feel and think. Sometimes, despite their vast size, we still don’t feel we’ve fully expressed ourselves. What’s that about?

In a world of emotional numbing, your willingness to feel deeply and express authentically is revolutionary. Your big emotions aren’t a flaw to fix – they’re a gift to embrace.

So today, feel BIG. Express BIG. Take up the emotional space you deserve.

Your emotions are not too much. You are not too much. You are exactly enough, at full volume.

Thanks – Michael (he, him)

Please share this Daily in a BIG way.
This also is important – Emotions and Logic.

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