Posted by Susan47 on October 24, 2005, at 20:59:51
In reply to Re: Setting Son » AdaGrace, posted by Toph on October 24, 2005, at 16:41:46
Toph, Today and I mean this truly from my heart and my head both.. today is the only thing, this moment you're in right now, is the only thing that really matters.
Every new moment is a new opportunity to change what you're not happy about.. and I don't know any other way to say that right now except I know it sounds placid and over/under/wrought.
I just don't know how else to put it.
Forget the effing bad things you're flaying yourself with. You're the only one who sees them that way.
Your kids were in their own skins.
And you have the power to change their perceptions of the past.
The present gives you that every moment.
Especially because they're still talking to you.
If they'd cut you off, things would be different.
You would have no chance to change things.
But you do.
And you won't take it without flogging yourself every single time.
But why? Toph, what's the purpose behind your self-recriminations? You have a good mind. Purpose. What is it?
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