Don't Always Trust How You Feel

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was from my first meditation teacher: "Good is not good and bad is not bad." What I took this to mean was that if I felt good it didn't mean I was doing well and if I felt badly it didn't mean I was on the wrong path. You could feel good, but be oblivious to the pain you are causing other people; or feel badly yet be challenging entrenched patterns and habits.