Controlling feelings is like controlling the wind. Sure, you can build windbreaks or dig a cave, but the wind is there, a natural feature of wherever you are. Some lives are stormy, and others calm. The process of controlling either the weather or one's internal emotional process is one of understanding the circumstances, your constitution (i.e., psyche), adaptation and/or changing your perspective.
In Aikido, practice is noticing, accepting and guiding another. Emotions demand no less, no more.
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