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Feeling: Disappointment
Your shoulders might drop, your face soften, and energy leave your body. This feeling visits when hopes or expectations go unmet. Scientists suggest it may have evolved to help people pause and reassess goals after unmet outcomes.
Poem reflection
"Each time I hear that word
I recall the disappointments
that were committed in its name:
the children who don’t return,
the ailments that are never cured..."
-Maya Abu Al-Hayyat