I am prompted to post this after just reading a heartbreaking post from someone being hounded to do better by a narcissistic parent. I also listened to a programme on teachers this week and it said a majority of teachers are now leaving the profession as they don’t enjoy the way teaching is now no longer geared to the needs of the student. To educate actually means ‘to lead out’. Its not about imposing things on people. When we try to impose our will on others that is a form of POWER OVER and CONTROL. It can warp another person who has the right to emerge as the individual they were meant to be.
Don’t let them tell you who you are.
Don’t let them tell you, you cannot
Don’t listen all the time to no but listen to where your gut and mind and heart says Yes.
Don’t believe then when they tell you you cannot trust yourself
Don’t believe them when they tell you your feelings, thoughts or ideas are mistaken.
Don’t believe then when they tell you that you are too dramatic or sensitive when you are reacting to something.
At the same time don’t let their idiocy trigger you too much into an over reaction they will just take a further evidence of your wrongness. mistakenness and badness.
Not everyone can and will see and know you
But YOU CAN!!!!
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