He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less […]
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Why Love?
Infantile love follows the principle: I love because I am loved. Mature love follows the principle: I am loved because I love. ~ Erich Fromm Once we believed it was all about us, either that we needed to run the […]
Continue reading »I Learned It Is about Me
Thirty-five years ago I was counseled five years, seeking sanity. After maybe a couple hundred sessions, the psychologist told me there was nothing wrong with me, end a relationship and I’d do fine. Maybe ten years later, a different psychologist […]
Continue reading »Rightful Getting Even
Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people… but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get […]
Continue reading »I Am to Blame
I listed folks who made me mad years and years ago, people I resented, blamed them for wrecking my life. But as I looked back now piecing together what happened I realized almost without exception the fault was mine, the […]
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