Mike, thanks for your post.
Or a much wiser ACoA who is aware of where all the "emotional landmines" are and is learning how to be a better friend to herself?
Emotional landmines... thanks, that really fits.
I am not ACOA but I still lived abandonment in my childhood.
123 Its been 2 years for me since I started "this path" and I also get impatient with myself.
One day at a time.
I recently went to see a tree that is a World heritage site: the Largest tree in the world.
Mexico IN PICTURES: The Ahuehuete Tree | Plant Talk
Its at least 1200 years old. Do you think it ever worried for a leaf not growing "fast enough"? It just is ... and its ok.
May it be our example of endurance.
(I rested for hours on the white bench at the left. Look at the people for a sense of its dimension!)
Thanks for reminding me of that wonderful, peaceful sensation. It was so quiet, birds jumped and hid and the sun shined very brightly. The sky was blue, blue and clear.