Invite the compassionate Presence of Spirit into your heart to help you learn what you are doing or thinking that may be causing your pain.
Consciously move out of the intent to protect/control and into the intent to learn about what you are doing or thinking that may be causing your pain so that you can move into loving yourself and others.
When you connect with Spirit and move into the intent to learn, you are in a loving Adult state, as opposed to the ego wounded self state you are in when you want to protect/control.
In Step Two, you welcome and embrace all your feelings with a compassionate intent to learn.
One of the best ways of feeling great is to speak up for yourself. If someone is mean, judgmental, sarcastic, speak up for yourself. Say, in a kind voice, "That felt awful," or "I don't want to be around you when you treat me like that," or "I know you're feeling badly, but I don't like it when you take it out on me." Today, find the courage to speak up for yourself.
By Dr. Margaret Paul
