I am reading a book by C. Terry Warner: Bonds That Make Us Free Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves. What I personally perceive as insights from the reading will be shared with you. What I have discovered is that I participate in situations that are not good for me. I have blamed circumstances; I have blamed other people’s treatment of me all without taking personally responsibility. I have created stories in my head to justify my behavior even though these rationalizations go against an internal truth. I am going to do the work with faith that I can evoke a change of heart. This is different than “fixing” how I behave. If reading my blog helps your journey, please take what you can.
Leo Tolstoy’s quote speaks to me: “there exist false arguments, according to which there would appear to be exceptional circumstances, rendering the sins not only excusable, but even necessary. These false justifications may be called ‘snares’”.
I have been caught in my own trap. I am going to complete the self work to change this; I plan to untangle the web that has tightened a noose around my heart.
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