Let Go and Be Free
Discover tips on self-healing, overcome a dysfunctional childhood and find happiness.
Before we start on a journey that will help us grow, I recommend figuring out what you want and need.
If you grew up in an alcoholic and dysfunctional family, you probably put other people’s needs above your own, or you may have repressed what you want. Or worse, you may have taken on destructive behavior and mirrored what you say in your life.
But we are adults now and can make different choices.
When presented with a glass of water and asked, “Is the glass half full or half empty?” I always reply, “half full.” But a few years back, one of my friend’s kids came to me and told me that the glass is always full.
Since there are molecules in the air (Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide, etc.), the glass is never empty.
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." Buddha
That’s a nice quote. Though scholars believe that it’s not a quote from Buddha but was a rendering from Thomas Byrom, an Oxford scholar who died in 1991.
Still, no matter who wrote the words, there’s a powerful message there.
If you grew up in an alcoholic and dysfunctional family like me, thinking about the past might bring up a whole host of bad memories.
I remember feeling powerless as a child and not understanding all that was happening around me. I knew my father had left, and that money was tight so that we needed to move in with my mom’s parents, but I didn’t fully comprehend the shame and fear I had experienced.
