The Importance of Marrying Yourself
Do you do a lot of things out of obligation or guilt? Are you a person who loves to give and isn’t as good at receiving? Did you ever feel unworthy or that you did not matter when you were growing up as a child? Self-knowledge is key in identifying when to set limits. A recent visit of my daughter has helped to identify how old patterns of care-giving need to yield in the face of life circumstances. I was in relationships in my past where I thought I had to get love from others in order to feel good about myself. I thought I had to do things for others to love me, that I was not enough just simply being myself, for people to stay and be my friends. I made up all these “lies” as a child, which then led me to treat...