They say, emotions are the number one motivator of someone's behaviour. & to control it one must recognise it. The other day, I happened to catch the end of the song Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds. For the remainder of the night, the song was on repeat in my head, and the following line from the song persisted for several days: “ A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing.” Lately, there’s been a lot of conversation in my world about the purpose of emotions. Essentially, the question has come up… How does one know when to pay heed to a particular emotion, or when to let it go? Even in a conversation with Neha, we admitted the other day, for some, it is easier to tighten the grip on a particular emotion & for the others, if the grip is loosened or released altogether, it might feel as though we’re in a foreign territory. But agin needless to say, ceasing from a particular emotion/s could lead ...