Sometimes life puts you right where you are supposed to be. I found this gem today. Reclaim your inner child people! I may just need to break out my Trixie Belden books for a stroll down memory lane.
Context:Ā By seeking to be more than enough, I put a world of distance between me and my best selfā¦
Soāmuch like that reformed phony baloney, The Wizard of Oz,Ā who naturally saw the best in the scarecrow, tin man, and cowardly lionā¦
but, bungled the rescue of the one who rescued themā
I easily saw the wonderful in others, but unintentionally failed my inner child by leaving her behind.
And, over the past few weeks, my misguided rationale/intentions became clearā¦
A rescuer at heart,
Iāve employed two strategiesā¦
- Ā (For their sakeā¦thus, mine as well) Putting protective separation between others and myself in order to shield them from the magnetic-toxicity I couldnāt seem to escapeā¦
or,
2. Keeping others close in order to be their buffer in a world that,
in my earliest years, I was taught to mistrust.
These (at any cost) strategies became the hardest things Iāve ever done;
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Inner children can be problematic. When I reconnected with mine, it led to my embracing a side of me that would cause social disapproval in most settings. There can penalties for letting your “freak flag” fly.
But it was either that or self-destruct.
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I say variety is the spice of life! Glad you didnāt self destruct.
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