11-01-2014, 06:02 PM
Thats cool, everyone is different, right? I can understand the comfort factor. I guess I just passed that point so long ago that I forget. Sorry.
If I think about it, I can remember a time when I worried about labels and fitting in... sigh... therapy helped with that. My constant goal now is forgiveness, compassion and love for that little person inside that spent all those years actually listening to and giving credence to the voices in my head. You know... the well meaning, but inadequate teacher or parent or friend, the voice from a tv show or a song... All those voices that are not "you" but rather someone, anyone else... They are all there inside all the time, jockeying for position and trying to control how we act and feel. Telling you what you "should be". God, how I now hate the word "should".
Life is a lot more fun once we begin actually listening and trying to hear the voice of that little person inside that really is who we are at our core. Learning to love and support that little person makes all the difference. Forgiving them for not being what everyone else said they "should" be is, I think, the first step.
Aw, jeez... There I go again... Somebody just tell the old bird to sit down!
I wish you all the best, Clara!

If I think about it, I can remember a time when I worried about labels and fitting in... sigh... therapy helped with that. My constant goal now is forgiveness, compassion and love for that little person inside that spent all those years actually listening to and giving credence to the voices in my head. You know... the well meaning, but inadequate teacher or parent or friend, the voice from a tv show or a song... All those voices that are not "you" but rather someone, anyone else... They are all there inside all the time, jockeying for position and trying to control how we act and feel. Telling you what you "should be". God, how I now hate the word "should".
Life is a lot more fun once we begin actually listening and trying to hear the voice of that little person inside that really is who we are at our core. Learning to love and support that little person makes all the difference. Forgiving them for not being what everyone else said they "should" be is, I think, the first step.
Aw, jeez... There I go again... Somebody just tell the old bird to sit down!

I wish you all the best, Clara!

