Embracing Yourself. Do You? (page 2)

Carmel

Perfection is a relative thing,, except for my relatives.... carmel

tijkmo

i thought you meant kissing.

cos i wish i could...i havent kissed in a while..i like kissing

erynw

I kind of look at it like this:

I picture an EKG readout.

What indicates death on an EKG readout? A straight line.

Life, on the other hand, is indicated by a series of dips and spikes.

In my life, I have had many ups and downs. Some dramatic.

This is how I know I am living life as it is to be lived. There are many ups and downs. The downs are followed by an up.

My own expectations of how I should "be" in life follow the same pattern.

Sometimes I let myself down. Sometimes I am right on target and sometimes I exceed even my own expectations.

That's how it's supposed to be.

As a JW we were taught about living in a paradise on earth.

I now see that that would be a continuous straight line...for eternity.

I think that would be very boring.

LouBelle

I embrace and love everything that I stand for. I embrace all my experiences good or bad as they have made me/define who I am today and I like who I am today.

At times I'm not the brightest star but we all get shining time.

At times I'm not the best looking in the room but that's okay.

At times I have the worst voice when singing but sing away I do.

Embracing and accepting yourself as you are (inside and out) is a huge step in the happiness game.

Abandoned

Can you find reason to love yourself inspite of your flaws, failings, disapoinments and disillusionments? Is it, sometimes, wonderful to be human, or what?

I'm working on it. I'd say I'm making progress, but I have a ways to go too. I'm not generally scared of physical things, but I'm DEADLY afraid of abandonment. When I sense it happening, even if I'm reading the situation wrong, I go into protective mode.

I'm also still able to completely shut down my emotions for someone, like we learned how to do in the organization. I really hate that. That's the first thing I want to address and rectify in therapy. I want to be able to mourn a perceived loss and to fight for someone if I think I'm going to lose them. Right now, I just shut down, very compartamentally, and become cold. It isn't how I feel deep inside though. It doesn't go all the way to my heart.

RubaDub

Does embracing oneself while taking a shower count ?

Rub a Dub

flipper

PROPHECOR- I think having trouble embracing ourselves came from the " guilt " being in the Jehovah's Witnesses cult put into us. They made you always feel we didn't do enough . My elder father always used to quote the scripture where Jesus said, " When after doing all you are told to do say, " We are good for nothing slaves, what we have done is what we ought to have done ". I mean come on, with a view of ourselves pushed on us like that -know wonder so many exiting the Witnesses cult are so down on themselves . You are a good guy Prophecor - embrace that brother ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

Embracing Yourself. Do You?