The nine words that just might fix us all Such a powerful post that resonated so true with me after all the DBing and seeing what MWD posts on her facebook page. In so much of this blog post, I see him DBing the world.
"What if the only way to ever have our own cries be heard is to be the first to look at the person standing across from us and initially see only that person and nothing else?
What if the only way to ever be heard ourselves is to be the first person to shut up and be quiet so that every person’s desperate voice can finally be decoded?
What if the only way to be heard ourselves is to, at least for a brief moment, let go of this need we have to be better than others?
And instead of looking for all the other people in this world to tell us that we are good people and that we are loved, what if we must first be the ones to give that validation to those who surround us?
What if any time another person judged us, or talked down to us, or belittled us, we didn’t get offended or resistant or reactive, and instead we mentally replaced what was being said to us with the simple phrase, 'I am a good person. And I deserve to be loved.'"
Don't read the below part if you don't want the spoiler of what the nine words are.
"What if any time another person judged us, or talked down to us, or belittled us, we simply replied, “You are a good person. And I love you.”
Shhh…
Did you hear that? Did you hear their response?
Of course you didn’t.
There was no response.
The very retorts that we all have developed over a lifetime of trying to meet this need suddenly make no sense once our actual need has been met."
Michelle - Proud DR Rockette S: 28JUL07, D'd: 29OCT09 http://tinyurl.com/27j9qo2
