Sometimes we take great measures to explain situations, to rationalize our actions, and to justify our feelings — when really, what we need to hear is, “It’s OK to feel how you feel. Totally OK. No need to explain. No need to apologize.”

We don’t hear this often enough.

As the saying goes: feel what you feel.

If you can understand why, all the better. But if not, that’s OK too.

Either way, don’t deny the feeling. Let it be.