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One of the effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family is feeling unsafe. Your natural ability to trust in others may have been shattered. Mine was! And even though I've worked on this issue for awhile, it can still challenge me today...who to trust...who not to trust...?
The ways I've dealt with feeling unsafe in the past is to either avoid intimacy or try to control others/situations. Neither of these feel like good options anymore.
It can be a life long process to rebuild our ability to trust. But it's important that we do...not letting our fear of abandonment, rejection, disappointment...hold us back...we have to be willing to take risks...to build loving relationships...making heart connections...for a fulfilling happy life.
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Love is patient and kind,
Love is not jealous, conceited, proud or boastful,
it is not arrogant, selfish, irritable or rude.
Love does not keep a record of wrongs...
Love never gives up, and its faith, hope and patience never fail.
Love is eternal.
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"My heart is open"
One of the effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family is feeling unsafe. Your natural ability to trust in others may have been shattered. Mine was! And even though I've worked on this issue for awhile, it can still challenge me today...who to trust...who not to trust...?
The ways I've dealt with feeling unsafe in the past is to either avoid intimacy or try to control others/situations. Neither of these feel like good options anymore.
It can be a life long process to rebuild our ability to trust. But it's important that we do...not letting our fear of abandonment, rejection, disappointment...hold us back...we have to be willing to take risks...to build loving relationships...making heart connections...for a fulfilling happy life.
******
The magnolia trees are blooming. The scent is heavenly.
Love is patient and kind,
Love is not jealous, conceited, proud or boastful,
it is not arrogant, selfish, irritable or rude.
Love does not keep a record of wrongs...
Love never gives up, and its faith, hope and patience never fail.
Love is eternal.
******
"My heart is open"
