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.
Dogs are always happy to see us, even if we have been gone only five minutes. Dogs forgive us instantly, even if we scare them. Dogs are sensitive to our feelings and care about our well-being. Dogs love us unconditionally, even when we are not being loving. Dogs can be our teachers, if we allow them to be.
By Dr. Margaret Paul
