Many of us still have a wounded child within us. Our wounds may have been caused by our parents. Because they did not know how to heal their wounds, they transmitted them to us. If we do not heal our wounds, we will transmit them to our children and grandchildren. This is why we have to heal...
Sometimes the wounded child in us needs our attention... If you are mindful, you will hear a voice calling for help...You have to embrace her...talk to her...write her a letter... we must listen to the wounded child. If you do that for weeks and months, the wounded child in you will be healed.
Thich Nhat Hahn
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Self-love is the foundation for your capacity to love another person. If you don't take good care of yourself, if you are not happy, if you are not peaceful, you can not make the other person happy... Your capacity for loving another person depends entirely on your capacity for loving yourself, for taking care of yourself.
Thich Nhat Hahn
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"I will take good care of my needs today"
