Family or other personal relationships can evoke strong reactions within you today. You may feel overwrought or oversensitive, and thus respond with anger, sadness, or irritated frustration when your interactions with others are stressful. Although an intense desire to stay home, curled with a cup of tea and a good book in solitude, may be thwarted by your busy schedule or obligations. You can avoid having a truly distressing or stressful day by endeavoring to take command of your emotions. While your relationships may be at the forefront of your mind, consider that there are likely other matters you must attend to that are equally as deserving of your attention. Accepting your intense emotions as normal today, and then moving beyond them will help you calmly navigate your day.

As you learn to modulate your feelings, you'll become able to come to terms with your intense emotional reactions while still maintaining a demeanor of outward calm. Often, we let our reaction to a single incident or encounter negatively color our whole day's experiences. When you accept that much of what you deal with will awaken strong feelings within you and that these feelings are entirely natural, you can experience the full range of your emotions without being paralyzed by their impact. You'll gain the ability to come face-to-face with the turmoil within yet not be swept away by it. When you take control of your emotions today, you'll experience them fully yet they will not have power to direct the course of your life.