Let Go and Be Free
Discover tips on self-healing, overcome a dysfunctional childhood and find happiness.
There are people in our lives that we need to either avoid or have strong boundaries when we interact with them. As adult children of alcoholics or having grown up in a dysfunctional family, we tend to take on more responsibility than necessary as that’s what we did as kids.
Maybe we helped our moms deal with their emotional problems or worked harder around the house, or maybe we took care of our younger siblings.
We can choose to see the world as “us vs. them” and create different classifications and silos among all the people in the world. But that’s not the truth. As humans, we discriminate and exclude those who are different from us.
Focus a moment on your own life. Who are you connected to? Family, friends, coworkers, neighbors?
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.
