Invite the compassionate Presence of Spirit into your heart to help you learn what you are doing or thinking that may be causing your pain.
Consciously move out of the intent to protect/control and into the intent to learn about what you are doing or thinking that may be causing your pain so that you can move into loving yourself and others.
When you connect with Spirit and move into the intent to learn, you are in a loving Adult state, as opposed to the ego wounded self state you are in when you want to protect/control.
In Step Two, you welcome and embrace all your feelings with a compassionate intent to learn.
It takes courage to stand in your truth. It takes courage to speak your truth when you fear others may be angry, rejecting, punishing. Yet when you make controlling how others think of you more important than speaking your truth, you lose yourself, you lose your integrity. Today ask yourself which is more important - others' approval or your integrity?
By Dr. Margaret Paul
