Posts Tagged "choosing your reactions"

Weekend Wondering II

Posted by Kathleen on Jun 17, 2011 | 0 comments

Many people have a deep hurt that lurks somewhere in the hidden recesses of our lives. Somewhere along the way we loved and it wasn’t returned and instead of seeing it as an personal challenge for the other person, we internalized it as something being wrong with us—we weren’t smart, good, attractive or talented enough to deserve the other person’s affection, in sum there is something wrong with us that we must hide from others. As adults, the challenge becomes the amount of energy it takes to maintain the barrier and the cost of hiding behind it. This weekend, look for a small window of time to be quiet for a few moments and ask yourself if there is a hurt...