"...instead of struggling to erase what are referred to as negative emotions, we can learn to use them in positive ways. we could describe the principle like this: while pounding on the piano keys may produce noise, removing them doesn't exactly further the creation of music. The principles of Music and Living aren't all that difference, we think." Benjamin Hoff, from The Tao of Pooh
Art by Wassily Kandinsky

I don't believe in "negative emotions." I believe in misguided parts of ourselves. Recently I tuned into what felt like tension in my belly and I felt love! My belly was trying to give me the message "beware!" That felt like self-love, if misguided (there was no real danger). It's as if a protective entity was looking out for me. So instead of shutting out the warning, I can thank it. I can hear it and help it to harmonize with the rest of me. I can help you do that too.