You Can Never Chase A Feeling

You can't chase a feeling.

Don't get me wrong. Yes, I believe that people can choose their emotions. Happy. Sad. Angry. Desperate. Peaceful. These are the general kind. More often than not I'm able to snap myself from one emotion to another, if I will myself to. Trying to feel inspired, empowered, motivated... sometimes it's just a state of mind.

But you can't chase a feeling. You won't be able to get back... the feeling you got the time you were cheated on, the kiss with that particular person, the time you did something nasty in school, the innocence of first love, the unexpected encounter at the club, the friendship that rested precariously on becoming something more, the time you felt helpless and alone or the time you listened to a certain album and traveled down a certain bus route for a certain period of time for a certain job. It would only ever be possible to get a shadow of that intensity, of that emotion, in nostalgia... after coming across a familiar object, an old song, a beautiful place.

You can only choose to do what you do and hope for the best. Hope that things will turn out right, that you'd be satisfied with the outcome. You can't chase a feeling. Not the feeling that a romcom gives you, not the feeling that a novel evokes in you, not the feeling of a lover you let down long ago.

It's unrealistic.

You can only be you, get on with your everyday life and watch it unfold.

You can never chase a feeling.

Trust what you feel, don't hide from what's real. Every word I say is true.