(November 23, 2014 at 11:26 pm)bennyboy Wrote: When people feel vulnerable, they often express it as hostility. I doubt the X-tians around you were working hard to make the transition emotionally easy for you.
Forgive others, but also forgive yourself for your own weaknesses. You had a sincere response to a stressful time in your life. If someone else was in that situation, would you hate them forever? No. You'd understand that people are people. Now flip that mirror around and accept that you can't always do in real-time what you would do in retrospect.
Thank you for that incredible insight. You're so right. This is a tool that I need to learn, one I have struggled with for a long time.
I've even started to notice I project a lot. I assert others have hurt me but really it's the asshole in my brain that hurts me most of the time these days.
Self acceptance has got to be one of the most important personal development tools.
"Just call me Bruce Wayne. I'd rather be Batman."
