I will admit up front that I’m in over my head when it comes to emotions. I have spent my lifetime suppressing them whenever they come up. I will get into the reasons for that later. It wasn’t until I read the book entitled “Mastering Your Emotions – A practical guide to overcoming negativity and better manage your feelings” by Thibaut Meurisse that I finally came to understand that that ignorance was holding me back. I know I only have likely months left to live, so maybe I should just ignore these new epiphanies surrounding emotions. It’s too late for me.

But then again it’s never too late to learn something new. That is my mantra so there is no giving up on this 2026 project. I am going to spring a new format on you in my journey to mastering my emotions. I have read about a half dozen books and have collected hundreds of quotes on the topic. What I am going to do is to start each post with a quote from someone much wiser than I and then go on to Having My Say on what that quote teaches me. Somewhere further down the line I will try to summarize what we are together learning and maybe even suggest some steps forward.

This is an ambitious project for me, and I hope you forgive me in advance for sometimes stumbling down this path of enlightenment. I am calling this new series “Dangling Emotions”. I will explain that further a little later in our journey.