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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 617102" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>That you were the positive presence indicates to me that you ~ the real, authentic you ~ are here, now. Fully present and accounted for, you are moving strongly toward reinterpreting yourself, toward reclaiming the joy of color and breath and life with or without your mother's consent or approval.</p><p></p><p>You are there, alive and well, strong and gleaming white, under all those layers of dust. </p><p></p><p>*******************</p><p></p><p>"Layers, crusts, and shells which may have been built up over years become brittle, break apart, and begin to disappear. Muscles relax. And a realization dawns that a personal daystar has begun to shine, giving us its light."</p><p></p><p>Maria Harris</p><p>Dance of the Spirit</p><p></p><p>**********************</p><p></p><p>"The true self: the original design for a building that needs restoring. It is stamped in the depths of us like a template for the selves we are meant to be."</p><p></p><p>Smedes</p><p>Shame and Grace</p><p></p><p>***********</p><p></p><p>"Our true self is the self we are meant by our Maker to be. Our false self is the fabricated self that other people require us to be. But the self that grace permits and enables us to accept is the actual self that we are here and now, in the ordinary, sometimes grubby, often painful day we are blessed to be alive in."</p><p></p><p>Smedes</p><p>Shame and Grace</p><p></p><p>********</p><p></p><p>"When we are embarrassed, we feel socially foolish. When we are shamed, we feel morally unworthy."</p><p></p><p>Smedes</p><p>Shame and Grace</p><p></p><p>**************</p><p></p><p>"That which, deprived of daylight...</p><p>worships, in the night."</p><p></p><p>John Bradshaw</p><p>Homecoming</p><p></p><p>************</p><p></p><p>"There was a time, oh tender elf</p><p>when you were poetry, itself."</p><p></p><p>John Bradshaw</p><p>Homecoming</p><p></p><p>****************</p><p></p><p>"But the life force from God overcame the death force of my shame.</p><p>And I lived."</p><p></p><p>Smedes</p><p>Shame and Grace</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 617102, member: 17461"] That you were the positive presence indicates to me that you ~ the real, authentic you ~ are here, now. Fully present and accounted for, you are moving strongly toward reinterpreting yourself, toward reclaiming the joy of color and breath and life with or without your mother's consent or approval. You are there, alive and well, strong and gleaming white, under all those layers of dust. ******************* "Layers, crusts, and shells which may have been built up over years become brittle, break apart, and begin to disappear. Muscles relax. And a realization dawns that a personal daystar has begun to shine, giving us its light." Maria Harris Dance of the Spirit ********************** "The true self: the original design for a building that needs restoring. It is stamped in the depths of us like a template for the selves we are meant to be." Smedes Shame and Grace *********** "Our true self is the self we are meant by our Maker to be. Our false self is the fabricated self that other people require us to be. But the self that grace permits and enables us to accept is the actual self that we are here and now, in the ordinary, sometimes grubby, often painful day we are blessed to be alive in." Smedes Shame and Grace ******** "When we are embarrassed, we feel socially foolish. When we are shamed, we feel morally unworthy." Smedes Shame and Grace ************** "That which, deprived of daylight... worships, in the night." John Bradshaw Homecoming ************ "There was a time, oh tender elf when you were poetry, itself." John Bradshaw Homecoming **************** "But the life force from God overcame the death force of my shame. And I lived." Smedes Shame and Grace Cedar [/QUOTE]
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