Spirituality and Emotional Intelligence

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Yellow (Soft) Emotions

We end on an upbeat, with the soft emotions. At risk of being a downer, I add the caution that too much of anything has consequences. Reality can be obscured by any intense emotion, and one can be blinded by love. Nonetheless, I’m sure I’m not alone in preferring yellow emotions over red and blue. I’d rather feel happy than unhappy. I’d rather even feel too much yellow than too little (remember Goldilocks and her porridge from Chapter 3). Yellow emotions are energizing, while red and blue, especially too much red and/or blue, can be draining.

The path to healthy EQ is to not cling desperately to the yellow. I’ve worked with many people who insist that they only feel yellow. Inevitably what that really meant was that ...