Posted by Damos on January 23, 2008, at 20:06:47
In reply to Yeah. » Damos, posted by susan47 on January 23, 2008, at 17:42:06
Thanks Susan,
You give great hugs.
And that's the thing - right there.
>I want to feel like what's inside me is good enough.
It doesn't matter what or how often other people tell us we are if we can't find a way to see it, feel it, believe it within ourselves. I read somewhere the other day that someone had actually done research that showed that it took 5 postive messages to counter each negative one. unbelievable huh? Kinda explains a lot, and I wonder how much the negative self judgements count for.
Susan, who would you be without the thought 'I'm not good enough'? How would living without that thought feel? I'd really like to know.
>I want to be able to communicate some depth of experience that would actually make a difference to me and to someone else.
There's just no way to count the number of times that you have shared something here or been in ways that have helped me enormously (and I know I'm not alone). You have helped me feel the discomfort of my own truth, and that's a tremendous gift. Your post down below to your daughter was a gift. You have allowed us to share what's real for you and for us and just *be* with it, to laugh and cry and rage, all wonderful things. So I guess 'No' is absolutely the right answer. No, it's not too much to ask for - and you are living that reality each and every day. Thank you.
((((((((((Susan)))))))))) just in case you're running low.
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