DOING SOME ONE TO ONE THIS MORNING, I FOUND MYSELF THINKING BACK , ON WRITING THE "SECRETS " PAGE, ALSO SOMETHING ELSE CROPPED UP IN THE ONE TO ONE. I STARTED THINKING, ~ ~ ~ TO THOSE OF US ABUSE SUFFERERS WHO FOR YEARS HAVE FELT,"NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH" ( AND I NOTE THAT SO MANY OF US LAND UP WORKING IN THE "CARING" FEILD)I ASK THE QUESTION, ....HOW LONG DO WE GO ON APOLOGISING, TO SOCIETY, OUR ABUSERS AND OTHERS, BECAUSE "THEY" BY ABUSE HAVE LOWERED OUR SELF ESTEEM???TO ME BY CONSTANTLY , TRYING TO PROVE OUR WORTH, (THE ARN,T I A GOOD GIRL SYNDROM)WE ARE IN A WAY CONDONING OUR "ABUSERS" OK , THROUGH NO FAULT OF OURS THEY RUINED , MANY OF OUR CHILDHOODS , AND YOUNG YEARS, BUT SURELY BY CONTINUING TO TRY TO COPE WITH EVERY THING, BY TRYING TO ACT LIKE "SUPERWOMAN" WE ARE VALIDATING, THE VERY "IDEAS" OF OUR SELF THE ABUSE PLANTED. ARE YOU, GOING TO LET THEIR ACTIONS RUIN THE REST OF ...YOUR... LIFE , OR IN ANY WAY , SHAPE OR FORM, INFLUENCE THE WAY YOUR LIFE EVOLVES?????~ ~ ~ REMEMBER , OUR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE UNIVERSE HAS TO OFFER US, SO OFTEN HAPPENS, ~~~~SO COME ON HIGH EXPECTAIONS OF /FOR YOURSELF. RUSTY |