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Hi There -
© Wendy de With, Photographer
I have
demonstrated (or so I thought) that I didn't need others.
I could do
it myself.
Yet, I
discovered that living behind a glass wall can be lonely.
You can
see the others out there, yet you somehow remain separated from
them.
They also
see you, but find it difficult to connect with you.
You too
may be living behind a wall that you have built.
Your wall
may be called "I'm not good enough, so leave me alone" or
"No one
understands me or loves me, so don't even try"
or other
such self-defeating attitudinal walls.
These
glass walls have a way of magnifying the negative.
The world
seems like a terrible place on the other side.
Yet
whatever you see through the wall
is only
the reflection of what you have been projecting.
Is there a
way out of that predicament? Yes.
We can
start by letting down our defenses,
and
making ourselves vulnerable by being willing to trust others and
ourselves.
Affirm: "I
am now open to give and receive love."
Repeat to
yourself, much as someone would repeat a mantra,
"It is
safe to give and receive love".
This
opening of the cocoon is an ongoing process.
Marie T.
Russell
Excerpted
from
Being
Vulnerable
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