I read a quote from Neil Diamond: “I’ve forgiven myself for not being Beethoven.” And I realized my issue was I haven’t forgiven myself for not being Beethoven. ~ Billy Joel Guilt. Inadequacy. Incompetent. Inept. Failure to lie up to […]
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With Yourself
…you’ve got to go home with yourself. ~ Julia Roberts Perhaps you came into these rooms hating yourself, outside-in. Perhaps…probably…you learned the real issue, chronologically, started with your insides and moved out. But you do have to go home with […]
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…there’s a big difference between humility and discounting ourselves. ~Beattie, Melody. The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (p. 154). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. In OA we learned that low self-esteem was not at all the same as humility. […]
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Through our commitment to anonymity we can put aside what we are and begin to know who we are. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 290-292). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle […]
Continue reading »The Way to Love
“I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.” ~ Erich Fromm Codependent. Excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically a […]
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