[ElenaEvgeevna]

Freedom in Buddhism is not freedom from emotions; it is freedom from complicating them

That is beautiful! I wrote it down in my journal!

Emotions have always been a tough point for me. I just plain haven't always dealt with them well - either over reacting or shutting them off or simply not being able to distinguish one from another. It's something I've worked on very diligently. To deny your emotions is just as delusional as to get overly attached to them, IMHO. It's just flip sides of the same coin. I try to recognize, label and accept whatever I'm feeling and then be done with it. Sometimes I may sit in sadness longer than I want to - or sometimes maybe I want to. Then I try (and usually don't succeed - but I try) not to judge myself for feeling that way. It is what it is. No more and no less.