Post by caressa on Jan 21, 2005 12:38:35 GMT -5
The Language of Letting Go
Wants and Needs
Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do.
Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need, and apply that skill to ourselves. What does it sound like we might want and need?
What would we guess would help us feel better? What are our feelings telling us? Our body? Our mind? Our intuition?
If we ask, then listen closely; well hear the answer. We are wiser than we think, and we can be trusted. What we want and need counts. It's important, and it's valid. It's okay to learn to participate in meeting our own needs.
We can learn to identify what we want and need and be patient with ourselves while we're learning.
Today, I will pay attention to what I want and need. I will not discount myself.
Wants and Needs
Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do.
Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need, and apply that skill to ourselves. What does it sound like we might want and need?
What would we guess would help us feel better? What are our feelings telling us? Our body? Our mind? Our intuition?
If we ask, then listen closely; well hear the answer. We are wiser than we think, and we can be trusted. What we want and need counts. It's important, and it's valid. It's okay to learn to participate in meeting our own needs.
We can learn to identify what we want and need and be patient with ourselves while we're learning.
Today, I will pay attention to what I want and need. I will not discount myself.
For so many years, I compared myself to others and stayed sick. I discounted myself as either "unworthy" or "as not as bad as" and as a result, I was unable to reach out and ask for help.
My thoughts are my thoughts, my trauma is my trauma, my experience is my experience, and I have to take responsibility of dealing with it all. I can't just stuff and shut it off and pretend it isn't there. I am responsible for my own life and I need to let the past go.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.