Many subtle attitudes and past conditioning can affect our sense of ownership of our lives and of the world we live in—guilt, a haunting sense of victimization, laziness, living with repressive, angry, or abusive people may have tamed our sense […]
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Finding Freedom
If I am always reacting, then I am never free. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 3429-3430). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition. Accept who you are. Be who you are. Respect […]
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…there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. ~ Booker T. Washington What was respectable during childhood? Mother’s acceptable behaviors clashed with Grandmom’s, Daddy’s mom. And I took after Grandmom and the rejection rubbed […]
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My truth can’t be running but can’t be overbearing. I want to try love. How he needs it. Not attachment how I need it. ~ Patricia M What is love in an intimate relationship? Not in those in the giddy […]
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How would you write the words “I love you” to someone you love, using twenty-five words or less and without using the words “I love you”? ~ Dean, Amy E. Morning Light: A Book of Meditations to Begin Your Day (Kindle […]
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