Nobody Is Entitled To Tell Us How We Should Feel About Anything

And yet they try

an ancient philosopher reads from a scroll in front of a cyberpunk crowd that has no interest in what he is saying, futuristic sleek digital art — by DALL·E

We are the sole owners of our feelings. Nobody else is entitled to a claim on them. This is — or should be — self-evident, but it doesn’t appear to be for many people we may come across in life: from parents, friends or partners who might tell us how we should feel to religions, ideologies and leaders that seem inclined to do…