There are five little words that can magically free you, and heal hurt-based resentment. This solution acknowledges that each of us has our own reality, based on how we filter information through our senses. It also acknowledges we have our own preferred way of showing love*.
If these are your questions: “How can he do that? I wouldn’t! How can she say that? I wouldn’t! How come he didn’t do that? I would have for him!”
The only answer you need to give yourself is, “Because s/he is not me.”
It’s as simple as that. Once you stop expecting people to think and act like you, rather than themselves, you stop wasting energy on unrealistic expectations. You can find common ground and enjoy them for who they really are, rather than who you want them to be. Isn’t that what we each really want, to be accepted and loved for ourselves?
(Read more in Chapter Eight of The Face Within: How To Change Your Unconscious Blueprint
* See “Win-Win Loving: Turning Conflict and Chaos Into Calm” ebook, free from this website, on the right.
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