“THERE are many types of darkness. The darkness of night, the darkness of our minds, and the less than light areas of our emotional world; areas where, for example, envy, anger and sadness live and I am going to focus on the latter. These are a few of the so-called ‘bad’ or ‘dark’ emotions.

“In my opinion there are no dark emotions, just uncomfortable ones – emotions we don’t like having, we wish we didn’t have and often try to ignore altogether in the hope they’ll go away, like an unwelcome visitor. However, these so-called dark emotions have a role in any well-lived life.