For my This I Believe Project, I chose to explain that to express and fully experience negative emotions is not negative within itself. I used the experience with my journey of learning how to emotionally process being diagnosed with a chronic illness that can only be treated by frequent brain surgeries. I think something that stood out about my writing is that I am very emotionally involved with my words and I love to express myself vividly, uncensored and honestly. I like to bring the reader into my world so, they can understand. Potent Emotion I absorbed every emotion in the cold, white hospital room as the diagnosis was being confirmed by the black and white images. “Brain tumor... Blocking... Flow... Urgent ... Operation... Chronic... Miracle.” Like the doctors, I remained calm and nervous but with the burden of holding both my parents and my emotions captive. I gently asked to go to the bathroom once everything was se...