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Our emotions serve as messengers for our intellect, but many of us have an unhealthy relationship with our emotions. Instead of recognizing them as separate from ourselves, we identify with our emotions. However, negative emotions like anger, resentment, frustration, and irritation are actually important signals that we should pay attention to. Listening to these emotions can guide us towards something that feels good. What I find is emotions are messengers for the intellect. But most of us don't have that kind of healthy relationship with our emotions. We become our emotions. We feel that we are our emotions. Anger, resentment, frustration, irritation, all the unpleasant emotions are good things to pay attention to. They are messengers. It's something that feels good here.