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August 23, 2005, 7:56 pm PDT
Thanks Grub,
Quote From: grub48Remember when we were kids and our parents always reminded us that sticks and stones could break our bones but names could never harm us?
Well this was so wrong - we always took those names and taunts into us and look what happened. I think the thing we also need to remember is not the statements that people use against us but also their behaviours.
Often those close to us exhibit behaviours based upon what is happening to them in their lives or minds - we see what is happening to and for them and in feeling bad for them we too often descend into accepting some level of responsibility for where they are. Then the circle begins - we spiral down down down and get sucked further into the maelstrom that is their world.
Before we know it our world has disappeared and we are living in someone else's reality. That is where this search for our authentic self begins.
The search for, and the maintenance of, our own reality is ongoing and forever But ya know, I was going for the praise. I've learned to question criticism, after a lifetime of being hard on myself. To be honest, I was looking for that next mountain. The slaps on the back were addicting I gotta tell you. I think the next project I take on will be more worthwhile to someone else, and not so advertized.
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