There are those emotions that keep returning, even when they aren’t welcome. We may want to send them away, but they insist on staying. If we do manage to shake them off, they just return to us the same way. But what if we were to treat them like old friends - offer them a seat and a cup of tea? They must be weary from all the years they have been chasing us. Maybe - just maybe - it will give us a chance to get to know them, and accept them as shattering, nevertheless beautiful parts of our life.