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Post by caressa on Apr 26, 2010 9:31:21 GMT -5
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Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 26, 2010 12:07:29 GMT -5
We feel alone sometimes. Different. Lonesome. Independent. Isolated. Free. Afraid. Terrified. Peaceful. Whatever we feel is nothing more or less than what others feel. We may not be in the same place on the same day and moment as our partner or best friend, but it’s pretty much a guarantee that if we are in grief, they have felt it as well. If we’re feeling sad and lonely, they’ve been there. As much as we are unique creatures, we are also very much alike in many ways. Some may not choose to admit to anyone else that they feel fear, loneliness, or maybe even joy. There are those who would never say they have failed at anything, just as there are those who are quite successful who would never admit to their stature. If we are human beings we bleed just like the next person. We cry, we hurt, we have joy, we feel lost, we love, we hate sometimes, we just are who we were made to be. Trying to be something else by no allowing ourselves to be human is a loss for whoever is trying to do that. Sometimes we can just be free and loose and let life roll, and at other times we may try to have firm grip of control on its every motion. Both are essential to life and growth, having their own times and places, but in time we see that we cannot control much in this world. We certainly cannot control outcomes, other people, the universe. The more we learn how similar we are the quicker we will find peace because we won’t have to fight so hard to be something we aren’t or to pretend we don’t feel like the next person. Keeping it real will keep us grounded. It will help us to feel our feelings so that we may move on. Denial of a feeling never made it go away it just keeps it buried below the surface and holds back our growth. Once we understand the humanness of others, we will accept ourselves more fully. - - Barb Kampbell livinglifeinsideout.wordpress.com/category/self-honesty/
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Post by caressa222 on Apr 26, 2020 4:03:49 GMT -5
Self-acceptance is my favorite NA Pamphlet.
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