--- title: "2 Justify Feeling Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 2 Justify Feeling quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Justify Feeling sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/alaric-hutchinson-22784_consciousness_isn-t-it-funny-how-we-make-rational-excu_357423.jpg" --- > [“Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment? We say, “Well, this \_\_\_\_ and that \_\_\_\_ happened, so it makes perfect sense for me to be feeling like this \_\_\_\_ and wanting to do this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaric-hutchinson/isn-t-it-funny-how-we-make-rational-excuses-for-being-out-of/) [Alaric Hutchinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaric-hutchinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/alaric-hutchinson-22784_consciousness_isn-t-it-funny-how-we-make-rational-excu_357423.jpg) > [“The purpose of life is to live. To live is to express. To express is to be what you want to be and to do what you want to do and to have what you want to have. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-breckenridge-jones/the-purpose-of-life-is-to-live-to-live-is-to-express-to-express-is-to/) [James Breckenridge Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-breckenridge-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/james-breckenridge-jones-52088_faith_the-purpose-of-life-is-to-live-to-live-i_3089986.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/justify-feeling/#itemlist", "name": "Justify Feeling Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment? We say, “Well, this ____ and that ____ happened, so it makes perfect sense for me to be feeling like this ____ and wanting to do this ____.” Yet, to this day, I have never met a happy person who adheres to those excuses. In fact, each time I – or anyone else – decide to give in to “rational excuses” that justify feeling bad – it’s interesting that only further suffering is the result. There is never a good enough reason for us to be out of alignment with peace. Sure, we can go there and make choices that dim our lights… and that is fine; there certainly is purpose for it and the contrast gives us lessons to learn… yet if we’re aware of what we are doing and we’re ready to let go of the suffering – then why go there at all? It’s like beating a dead horse. Been there, done that… so why do we keep repeating it? Pain is going to happen; it’s inevitable in this human experience, yet it is often so brief. When we make those excuses, what happens is: we pick up that pain and begin to carry it with us into the next day… and the next day… into next week… maybe next month… and some of us even carry it for years or to our graves! Forgive, let it go! It is NOT worth it! It is NEVER worth it. There is never a good enough reason for us to pick up that pain and carry it with us. There is never a good enough reason for us to be out of alignment with peace. Unforgiveness hurts you; it hurts others, so why even go there? Why even promote pain? Why say painful things to yourself or others? Why think pain? Just let it go! Whenever I look back on painful things or feel pain today, I know it is my EGO that drives me to “go there.” The EGO likes to have the last word, it likes to feel superior, it likes to make others feel less than in hopes that it will make itself (me) feel better about my insecurities. Maybe if I hurt them enough, they will feel the pain I felt over what they did to me. It’s only fair! It’s never my fault; it’s always someone else’s. There is a twisted sense of pleasure I get from feeling this way, and my EGO eats it right up. YET! With awareness that continues to grow and expand each day, I choose to not feed my pain (EGO) or even go there. I still feel it at times, of course, so I simply acknowledge it and then release it. I HAVE power and choice over my speech and actions. I do not need to ever “go there” again. It’s my choice; it’s your choice. So it’s about damn time we start realizing this. We are not victims of our impulses or emotions; we have the power to control them, and so it’s time to stop acting like we don’t. 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If it proves to be true, then I will always know how you feel happy, healthy and prosperous.\" The indescribable abundance of the universe will be yours as you choose to express it, because now you know the truth about it. Now you know who you are. You know that you are an important individual. You know that you have a special job to do in life. Now, you must neutralize all those false concepts of yourself; the idea that you were not as good as someone else; the idea that you were not as pretty as someone else, etc. The way that you do that is to assume the new premise that you are an exclusive, important individual and feel the new concept so strongly that your new concept becomes a deeper habit pattern in your subconscious than the old ones. Then you will automatically feel confident. Confidence or faith is based upon knowledge of self. Your knowledge of self now does not justify feeling inferior. It justifies a feeling of real importance. You now know who you are and your relationship to your creator and your fellow men.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Breckenridge Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-breckenridge-jones/the-purpose-of-life-is-to-live-to-live-is-to-express-to-express-is-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/james-breckenridge-jones-52088_faith_the-purpose-of-life-is-to-live-to-live-i_3089986.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/james-breckenridge-jones-52088_faith_the-purpose-of-life-is-to-live-to-live-i_3089986.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/james-breckenridge-jones-52088_faith_the-purpose-of-life-is-to-live-to-live-i_3089986.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The purpose of life is to live. To live is to express. 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