As I keep reading through this book (Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge), I’m amazed by the messages that seem to hit so close to home for me…
“As women we tend to feel that ‘it must be me.’ That’s the effect of our early wounds. ‘Something is fundamentally wrong with me.’ So many women feel that way. (Why are we working so hard to improve ourselves? Or why do we keep so busy that the issues of our hearts never have to come to the surface?) We also feel that we are essentially alone. And that somehow the two are related. We believe we are alone because we are not the women we should be.”
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April 16th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Actually, if it’s any comfort, it’s not just a women thing. I had to spend most of my life working through the same instincts. Finally DID, though.
Now some (occasional) people don’t get it and accuse me of arrogance, but I’m cool with that. I know what I’m back-pedaling away from. (And know they don’t realize that my behavior means to set an example, to help other people overcome the same instincts that bedeviled me, as described in your post.)
(Other than anything to do with being a woman, of course.