Wholeness
Today, I recognize my essential wholeness. While I see myself as deficient and look to others to complete me, I condemn myself to a life of reactivity. In this mode, I can only spend my days trying to bend myself into the shape that I feel will make me lovable to others; and if they love me, I will feel both momentarily full and terrified that the feeling will go away. I will see them as in charge of my feeling loved, and I will go about using massive control maneuvers and manipulations to keep my supply on tap. If they do not love me, I may feel belittled and furious at having compromised myself to no avail. The only solution is to seek wholeness within.
@ Tian Dayton PhD
From Forgiving and Moving On, The Soul’s Companion, One Foot in Front of the Other, Health Communications
From Forgiving and Moving On, The Soul’s Companion, One Foot in Front of the Other, Health Communications