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Madara's saying that all these emotions that us humans feel, they can hurt us or strengthen us; bottom line is that they change us. Love changes you a lot. Some examples include discovering a new side of your personality or feeling mixed emotions that flatly contradict each other (like feeling happy and sad at the same time, or strong yet weak). Love for someone else also gives that person a lot of power or influence over you.
A sentence can send your mind off the rails (because you react wildly to the way you perceive what the "someone else" said).
Think of it as texting someone you really admire, like sending something to Char. You wouldn't want to talk to this game's developer like you're bros with him or something. Let's say you want to ask if he's working on any updates. Would you ask him with abbreviated texts like, "hay man, u workig on any neww stuff??"
or a clear, respectful message like, "Hello, Char. I'm sorry to bother you, but I just wanted to ask if you were working on anything new? Really excited to get some new things into the system. Thanks in advance!"
Of course, you probably don't truly love Char, being that you hardly know the guy, but you do respect him a lot. I would think that it's quite similar to the way you'd act towards someone you care very much about. If Char responds in a way that sounds even the tiniest bit annoyed, you'd probably think through your next message a lot more carefully. Same thing happens when you think you've just hurt a person you care about a lot.
So why do we feel these emotions? Because it helps us grow as a person. Our brains are complicated tools, and we have to learn to use it. Even if you could lift more weight than a guy with 10 years of fighting experience, you'd still lose because you hardly know how to use your muscles effectively, or your tools.
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As we deal with these feelings and emotions, it's okay to feel sad or confused, but if you ignore them, those feelings and emotions will come back some time later and bite you in the butt. Instead of ignoring your emotions (or anything, really), try to understand it. Don't blindly follow certain beliefs and opinions, rather, try to understand the situation so you can prove to yourself why you agree or disagree with something. Don't worry about not "looking cool" when you have to ask questions, because it's necessary to understand things. Gaining a better understanding of things will not only help yourself, but people around you too, since you'll be able to help them see what's right.
Hopefully I didn't paraphrase too little or too much so that you'll be able to understand it. The really shortened version is this:
Emotions are a part of us humans, and they affect us a lot.
Good or bad, they help us evolve and learn, which helps us in the future.
Ignoring your feelings will hurt you even more down the road.
So instead, seek to understand them and you'll be able to improve yourself that way.
Hopefully you got something out of this. All of this is paraphrased/copied from Madara's post, assuming I understood and rephrased his message well enough.
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