Feelings are visitors. Let them come and go.

Rumi, the 13th-century poet, wrote: "This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival."

Joy arrives. Welcome it. Sadness arrives. Welcome it. Anger arrives. Welcome it. Fear arrives. Welcome it.

None of these visitors are permanent residents. They come, they stay briefly, and they leave. Problems arise when we try to lock the door against unwanted guests or chain pleasant ones to the furniture.

In meditation, we practice being the perfect host. We notice each emotion as it arrives, acknowledge its presence, and observe it when it departs. No clinging. No rejecting.

What emotion is visiting you right now? Can you welcome it without needing to change it?