You are not your emotions.

Fun Fact: In the Irish language, you can’t say “I am sad.”

It simply doesn’t exist.

Instead, they say: “Tá brón orm.”

Which translates to: “Sadness is on me.”

See the difference?

They don’t become the emotion.

They see it as something passing over them, like a cloud.

But in English, we fuse our identity with our feelings:

“I am sad.”“I am anxious.”“I am depressed.”

The moment we speak it, we wear it like a name tag.

And suddenly, the emotion isn’t just visiting — it’s who we are.

Psychologists call this

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stepping back from your emotions instead of drowning in them.

So here's your challenge this week:

Catch yourself in an emotion — and speak Irish.

Not, “I’m anxious.”But, “My mind is producing anxious thoughts right now.”

Because you are not your emotions.

You're the one watching them come and go.

— Mike