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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 651961" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>This is huge. I am glad you see that, now.</p><p></p><p>There are some very strange ducks running amok in the world.</p><p></p><p>Most of us are very nice, though. We all are doing the best we know. I do believe that. It seems to be human nature to dehumanize one another, to trick ourselves into believing we or someone else somehow "deserve" our situations, whether those situations are good or bad. We all have so much tragedy in our lives, and such an intensity of joy.</p><p></p><p>It is a very big step, to understand that the things that happen are not our fault or our doing. People are just very strange beings, sometimes, and they think the strangest things.</p><p></p><p>We have to let them be, and go our own way as best we know.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wish you had been listened to and heard and cherished, as you were meant to be. I am glad you can see these things clearly, now. It is so hurtful, not to be heard. We begin not to take ourselves seriously. </p><p></p><p>And that is the way victimhood begins.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry you were treated that way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wonder whether that is really true. We can be made to feel terribly ugly, when we are being abused. When we have been groomed for abuse, and when we have been named as someone who can be safely abused, it changes the way we see ourselves. </p><p></p><p>I am glad you are beginning to see differently.</p><p></p><p>You will change things for yourself, and for your children.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am usually afraid to do whatever it is I am doing. If I can picture myself confronting the fear, the courage to do it seems to have been there all along. Once it's done, the thing, whatever it was, means so much less than it did when it was something I was afraid of.</p><p></p><p>Life is funny like that.</p><p></p><p>That is why positive thinking, visualization, listening to great music ~ that is why all these things can change us.</p><p></p><p>I suppose that is what is meant by free will.</p><p></p><p>It seems to be so hard to think about what will happen if we make a mistake. That is the place fear comes from, I think. From there, and from that question, "Who do you think you are to try...?"</p><p></p><p>We all do have courage though. We just need to do our best, one small step at a time.</p><p></p><p>I am so very happy to hear you are doing well! There is all the time in the world, remember that. Very small steps, kindness to ourselves in the smallest things, a place in our hearts where we can be truly alone to gather our forces and hear our own voices is important for all of us.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 651961, member: 17461"] This is huge. I am glad you see that, now. There are some very strange ducks running amok in the world. Most of us are very nice, though. We all are doing the best we know. I do believe that. It seems to be human nature to dehumanize one another, to trick ourselves into believing we or someone else somehow "deserve" our situations, whether those situations are good or bad. We all have so much tragedy in our lives, and such an intensity of joy. It is a very big step, to understand that the things that happen are not our fault or our doing. People are just very strange beings, sometimes, and they think the strangest things. We have to let them be, and go our own way as best we know. I wish you had been listened to and heard and cherished, as you were meant to be. I am glad you can see these things clearly, now. It is so hurtful, not to be heard. We begin not to take ourselves seriously. And that is the way victimhood begins. I am sorry you were treated that way. I wonder whether that is really true. We can be made to feel terribly ugly, when we are being abused. When we have been groomed for abuse, and when we have been named as someone who can be safely abused, it changes the way we see ourselves. I am glad you are beginning to see differently. You will change things for yourself, and for your children. I am usually afraid to do whatever it is I am doing. If I can picture myself confronting the fear, the courage to do it seems to have been there all along. Once it's done, the thing, whatever it was, means so much less than it did when it was something I was afraid of. Life is funny like that. That is why positive thinking, visualization, listening to great music ~ that is why all these things can change us. I suppose that is what is meant by free will. It seems to be so hard to think about what will happen if we make a mistake. That is the place fear comes from, I think. From there, and from that question, "Who do you think you are to try...?" We all do have courage though. We just need to do our best, one small step at a time. I am so very happy to hear you are doing well! There is all the time in the world, remember that. Very small steps, kindness to ourselves in the smallest things, a place in our hearts where we can be truly alone to gather our forces and hear our own voices is important for all of us. :O) Cedar [/QUOTE]
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