I will take care of these for you, dear Phoenix, at least for now. I definitely do believe that you deserve to have good things happen to you and that you deserve to be happy.

thanks so much for your post, my T is trying to get me to think about the same things & I don't know how to begin.
She says that having compassion for others begins with having compassion for yourself; but this makes no sense to me. I feel that I am compassionate towards others - I even remember others telling me so - but for myself, no. For others I can make excuses; for myself I know the facts. It hurts to know what I really am, & what my past is, but how could one ever change it.