The “good girl”…
doesn’t let you know when she’s mad or hurt…
seldom makes requests because it makes her feel selfish for asking…
does everything she can to avoid feelings of being mean, insensitive, selfish…
doesn’t disagree or express criticism directly.
She learned to do this as a child…
as a way to survive…
trying to keep others around her happy…
not wanting to make waves.
She thinks if others are happy…
she will be loved and accepted...
but the “good girl” can’t be truly happy…
because she is stifling her essence.
Through perservance…
she releases her attachment…
to being “good’…
stepping into new risky territory…
learning how to be more real.
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Courage is never to let your actions
be influenced by your fears. ~Arthur
Koestler
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Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice
at the end
of the day that says
I'll try again tomorrow. ~Mary Anne Radmacher
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"I release my need to people-please - it's another form of dishonesty - it's unfair to others and myself "
