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Old Dec 01, 2011, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 3rdTimesTheCharm View Post
I would say that when you feel like you can accept what people say at face value, life takes a lot less energy and uses up a lot less angst.
Yes!! I've gotten to the point now that if you don't directly tell me I will not know. I finally learned to quit mind reading and it was the best thing!! If I do get an assumption I check it out ASAP before I react to it.

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But, more seriously, I think I am coming around to feeling okay with my brokenness,
This sounds like acceptance which is required before you can really work on any of it. If you don't accept exactly who you are and where you are at you can't move forward from there.
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Thanks for this!
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