| I knew a teen
aged fried of my daughter's who loved her father very much. I didn't know
the father, but from the conversations it was clear to me he loved her
very much also. However they never saw each other. It seemed obvious to
me that the issues keeping them apart couldn't be major items, but the
considerations they had built up in their minds had the same effect as
prison walls. What were they? Well for one if he called his daughter,
he would have to admit he was wrong in withholding himself because she
lived with her mother. From her standpoint she must face the risk of rejection
by him if she called him. What foolish considerations that resulted in
keeping them apart.
I see numerous examples all around me (and inside me also). "I'd
like to dance with her but she might say "No", I'd like to
go back to school but my boss won't let me", on and on. We generate
these considerations in an instant keeping us from doing what we really
want to do. Ignore them. If you want to be somewhere, go there. If problems
crop up, solve them. It's just that simple. |
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