Contemplate those words. We are filled with emotions we can sometimes do very little about. They come out at the most awkward times. They lead us to do stupid, harmful things. Yet . . . they enrich our lives.
Some people disagree.
Emotions, historically, have not had a good press. Ancient philosophers inveighed against them. They advocated a life of reason. Most people would say that, while emotions are valuable and at the center of our lives, we l have to learn to handle them, even the most confusing, the most painful, the most powerful ones. If we can.