Freeing Feelings from Ego-Story

I made this a very long time ago and can't remember exactly what I was thinking when I drew it. I'll explain it retrospectively as best I can.

It starts at top left number one. We have our feelings in our heart in the centre, and our feelings can make us feel vunerable or unsafe, so we make up a lot of story about identity and sour grapes pretending we don't want what we do or things didn't hurt us that did or how other people did this or that to us; basically any diversion for us to focus on, any complicated story, so that we can focus on that rather than the pain in our vunerable hearts.

Over to top left, number two. We give up the story and just admit, yes, I worry no one will like me, it hurts when I'm rejected, I feel stupid when people laugh at me, it seems other people are better than me. So there's just pain, sadness, as sensation in out bodies and mind, and we live with it, but can still have best wishes or positive thinking for ourselves.

Down to bottom left, number three. Once we let go of our stories and feel our pain, we can see the pain behind other people's stories and can become more compassionate and practice loving kindness.

Bottom right, we hopefully, become free, happy and open.