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Originally Posted by tohelpafriend
I'm learning to love my inner child when I get rid of the punitive parent and/or the adult. I felt my inner child when I felt delight at seeing two kites flying at the beach today and got all excited about it. Like something within was set free. I'm learning the child is still intact, though a bit wounded, the child was in me as a mother (my core personality.) I love the child in me when I recognize and recall good moments of childhood, although in some ways the child grows, but still remains the child within. ??  So I can nurture my inner child as I did my own children, really.
I know it's always supposed to be good to love the child in you, even if something got hurt or lost, because this was the essential time of
innocence. |
Yes, it seems in some ways the child grows, but still remains the child within: It felt like an odd concept to refer to the child me in the third person because the person experiencing childhood was me. That sounds like a freeing experience you had today seeing the two kites at the beach! I think it is going to be important for me to remember and appreciate moments of joy or wonder that I can still experience today. I think also that T was getting at trying to identify and empathize, if you will, with the hurts and stresses and adaptation child me went through. Then I guess to provide what was missing back then from my adult vantage point? IDK. It is still a mystery to me. I appreciate your response, tohelpafriend.