 validating your own emotions, I've heard so many people in this week, this past week say, I feel so terrible, but that doesn't matter, because what's happening to my sisters and brothers is beyond worse than what's going on to me. My response to that is, your emotions are what Allah gave you, and your reality is what Allah gave you, and their reality is what Allah gave them, and it is very difficult to witness. Your reality is, though, Allah didn't ask you to erase your emotions.