There is a vast difference between healthy dependence and co-dependence. In healthy dependence I feel my own feelings, own them and share them openly with someone else, and I allow that person to do the same with me. In co-dependence, I become lodged within another person’s psyche and feel their feelings for them, losing touch
I will not pass soul by like a stranger in the night. I will look for it. I will be still and wait for the veil of illusion to be lifted so that I can see what is behind it. Soul is not locked in a jewel box or floating somewhere in the sky. It
When I feel angry, I seem to have two ways of dealing with it. I either hold it in and say nothing or I let it out in accusing, venting, nonproductive ways. When I do this, I rupture perfectly good relationships. It is fair for me to register disgruntled feelings when appropriate but that’s all
I will not try to define the soul today. When I seek to categorize or give place to the soul, I lose contact with it. I connect with it through thought and definition rather than through sensing. Soul is experiential. These senses that I have, my sight, hearing, touching and so on, are what allow
Today I am capable of allowing my life to feel good. My habit pattern from my past has taught me that when life is going well, not to trust it. I unconsciously wait for the bottom to fall out when life feels too good, fearing what I learned as a child, that it will not
I will not look for soul today. I will not search or hack at the sediment that sits in its way. Today I will let soul chase after me – like children on a playground we will play tag, soul and I. I will hide in excited anticipation to be found and when I am,
Today I know the truth of my recovery. If I am to stand centered and strong within my life and self, I will need to plant a garden within my own soul. A garden for me to nurture and to nurture me. A haven of beauty. I will find my own voice and sing my
I am biologically programmed for development. Just as a flower grows from a seed, blooms, wilts and returns to the earth, I, too, have a life cycle. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, I will come and go, be born, bloom and die. I am organic. I eat from the earth-I am a part of
I am biologically programmed for development. Just as a flower grows from a seed, blooms, wilts and returns to the earth, I, too, have a life cycle. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, I will come and go, be born, bloom and die. I am organic. I eat from the earth-I am a part of