As we take ownership of our narrative we also take ownership of our emotions, emphasis on OUR. At times others may feel we should mirror their emotion when we haven't experienced the cause. We can love, support, honor and respect people in the emotional space they are in, that is love. When we join them in that space and take on their emotion we move ourselves into spaces that are not ours. That creates more work for us to do because in that moment we are no longer the authors of our narrative, we have given up our pen.