The “wounded child” within each of us contains the damaged or stunted emotional patterns of our youth, patterns of painful memories, of negative attitudes, and of dysfunctional self-images. ~ Myss, Caroline. Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and […]
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Fat Domino
Try as we might to forget the criticisms, the names, they linger in our memories and influence our self-perceptions as adults. The intervening years have done little to erase whatever emotional scars we acquired as children. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day […]
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I will, I will accept myself With hope and fear and wonder And what I have joined together Let no man put asunder. ~ Dory Previn “Morning Star/Evening Star” The tenth chapter of Mark we know so well the words […]
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What is dignity without honesty? Cicero …. Dignity is a quality achieved by freeing myself of arrogance and self-importance. When I present myself to the world as I really am, I attain an effortless dignity. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. For Today (Kindle […]
Continue reading »On Hatred
Look as calmly as you can upon hatred, for if we are to deny the denial of truth, we must first recognize what we are denying. Remember that knowledge precedes denial, and that the separation was a descent from magnitude […]
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