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Hey, Cedar, or anyone interested in FOO (Family of Origin) issues. Cedar, WHY NOW???
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 658616" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>So, in being able to love that one child, whatever that means for the others, the mother can experience the generosity of joy, and of loving without recognizing a reflection of herself in the grand or great grand who looks nothing like her but is hers.</p><p></p><p>So there would be the potential for salvation (through love again) in that situation, too.</p><p></p><p>There would have to be, or that situation would not have come to exist. </p><p></p><p>So, it must be that there are ten thousand ways for that to happen.</p><p></p><p>So it is true then, that there is nothing we have to do. It is already happening, whether we can make sense of what it is, or not. And it is true too when they say each of us has enough and a wealth of more than enough, from the beginning.</p><p></p><p>So all we are responsible for is to be kind when that is our option. The hardest person to extend that grace to being ourselves. Very hard, to do that. So, kinder, and not kind, will be a good beginning place for us. In being kinder to ourselves, we learn how to be kinder to those in our care because we are not wrapped up in trying to live our lives recovering from how harsh we don't sometimes know any better than to be to ourselves.</p><p></p><p>So, that's good, then. I don't have any influence in the broader world, I don't know what to do about hatred or terrorism or racism or any fanatical ism, but I <em>can</em> try to choose kinder to myself, for myself.</p><p></p><p>And that is all I know, this morning.</p><p></p><p>Kinder.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 658616, member: 17461"] So, in being able to love that one child, whatever that means for the others, the mother can experience the generosity of joy, and of loving without recognizing a reflection of herself in the grand or great grand who looks nothing like her but is hers. So there would be the potential for salvation (through love again) in that situation, too. There would have to be, or that situation would not have come to exist. So, it must be that there are ten thousand ways for that to happen. So it is true then, that there is nothing we have to do. It is already happening, whether we can make sense of what it is, or not. And it is true too when they say each of us has enough and a wealth of more than enough, from the beginning. So all we are responsible for is to be kind when that is our option. The hardest person to extend that grace to being ourselves. Very hard, to do that. So, kinder, and not kind, will be a good beginning place for us. In being kinder to ourselves, we learn how to be kinder to those in our care because we are not wrapped up in trying to live our lives recovering from how harsh we don't sometimes know any better than to be to ourselves. So, that's good, then. I don't have any influence in the broader world, I don't know what to do about hatred or terrorism or racism or any fanatical ism, but I [I]can[/I] try to choose kinder to myself, for myself. And that is all I know, this morning. Kinder. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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