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There's a blog I've been reading for a while that I really like called Monkeytraps. The therapist who writes it has made our search for control his life's work and most of the blog is a discussion between him and his "monkey brain" Bert. He had a post today which I just thought was incredibly powerful and made so clear something that I struggled for years to understand. Thought other people would find it helpful. Bert's Therapy: Self-Esteem AG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok, then it's not the end." My blog: Tales of a Boundary Ninja | ||
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Wow. This could be huge. I seem to have been born without self-esteem, but maybe I can actually learn to accept that...! Thanks for posting AG! _____________________________________________ "Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." My blog: My Purple Dreams | |||
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I know!? Right!? I actually posted a comment on his blog and asked where he was 20 years ago, he could have saved me so much time!! It's something my T worked really hard to teach me and did so by accepting all of me, even the not-so-pretty parts, but to see it juxtaposed with the search for self-esteem was just SO powerful. Glad it hit you the same way it did me.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok, then it's not the end." My blog: Tales of a Boundary Ninja | |||
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That was so funny, much needed too | ||||
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Great Blog, AG. Thanks for sharing. A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: "Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time." When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most." | |||
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what a wonderful post - of course it is about acceptance - one of my struggles has been i can accept others waaaayyyy more easily than i accept myself. workin' on it.  "every time i accept my past and respect where i am in the present, i am giving myself a future" | |||
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